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Comment by spdustin

#1) because in many jurisdictions it has no bearing on the divorce itself, and

#2) in many jurisdictions a person who flirts with a consenting adult over text hasn't actually committed any crime in doing so

Which leads to...

#3) what is the point of decrypting said personal communications except to vindicate the estranged party's already fully-formed assumption that their spouse is a wicked person, or to exact some kind of court-sanctioned revenge.

I swear, sometimes in threads like this it's hard to tell if someone is trolling or legitimately can't ponder the unintended (or, perhaps, fully intended but thinly veiled) consequences of laws that serve to grant the state access to private communications.

parent spdustin 10 years ago

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