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oldgradstudenttoday at 8:42 AM1 replyview on HN

> Punishing people a decade after the fact isn't very effective for anything.

It sends a very clear message: even if it takes a decade, we will find you and punish you.


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p-e-wtoday at 9:20 AM

That’s not a message activists tend to care about though. In places where speech is dangerous enough for this to matter, there are usually far more immediate threats.