Comment by rayiner
12 years ago
Who is confused? It is the canary operators that deliberately constructs for themselves a situation that offers only the choice between lying and complying with the gag order.
12 years ago
Who is confused? It is the canary operators that deliberately constructs for themselves a situation that offers only the choice between lying and complying with the gag order.
Yes, so? I have not disputed that.
The situation is constructed by the canary operator; the legal situation, the justification for commanding the canary operator to lie, is not constructed by the canary operator. As much as they would like to be, the canary operator is not in a position to dictate how the laws are written and interpreted.
If the canary operator were in a position to construct the legal situation, then there would be no cause for concern. However they are not, and cannot be.
So? The "so" is that it's the canary operator's deliberate actions that turn the "being compelled to stay silent" into a "being compelled to lie."