• artyom@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    Extensive planning, permitting, travel plans for thousands of spectators and intense training among the fighters would all be wasted if the event is forced to cancel, according to the Justice Department.

    Those plans clearly never should have been made in the first place, so that’s on you.

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      4 hours ago

      This is the same argument as me saying that the judge should just allow me to rob that bank because I made so many preparations already and they would all be wasted if I was stopped from robbing that bank!

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      Also, this is the sunk cost fallacy and any lawyer should feel ashamed for making such an argument.