Earlier this week we read about the German Public Prosecutor opening up a treason investigation.
Within hours, the investigation was halted. And now the public prosecutor lost his job over it.
Looks like this Slashdot commenter foresaw accurately what would happen, based on a very similar past incident:
Also at the BBC and Deutsche Welle.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday August 04 2015, @08:48PM
Could you please warn about links to Slashdot or something? *cough* Whenever I read “this commenter” I expect to remain on the site I'm reading. Or maybe it's just me.
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(Score: 1) by miljo on Tuesday August 04 2015, @08:56PM
Oh good. I was going to say the same thing but I haven't been here long enough to know whether or not blind linking to /. was actually as crappy as it felt.
One should strive to achieve, not sit in bitter regret.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday August 04 2015, @08:58PM
You know what would make everyone feel better? Submit a story.
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(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday August 04 2015, @11:14PM
Aargh! The SJWDot! it burnses us! We hates it forever!
You know what would make everyone feel better? Submit a story.
Done!
(Score: 2) by Lunix Nutcase on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:08PM
That's a pretty tragic first-world problem you got there.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:22PM
We've got plenty of problems here in Russia, including yours “first-world” ones.
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(Score: 2) by Lunix Nutcase on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:25PM
Don't worry, I'm playing the world's smallest violin for your tragedy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @05:02PM
That's a pretty obvious fallacy [wikipedia.org] you got there.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Lunix Nutcase on Wednesday August 05 2015, @06:24PM
Boohoo. You gonna cry about it?