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No he means crime will dramatically decrease and surveillance will increase. I’d be inclined to agree.


D'oh, I suppose I just have some default mental schema that processed the sentence assuming "former" before "latter".


Yeah, figured that making it hard to parse would make it more likely people were thoughtful about their replies. In this climate, it's likely to attract a flamewar if I just spell it out.




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