The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.

Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices::The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.

  • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1031·
    9 months ago

    Let me introduce you to our friends the ATF. Or the USDA and their wonderful food pyramid. Government agencies have agendas. You should look at facts and not blindly trust them.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      165·
      9 months ago

      Please tell us the facts of eBay being accused of selling devices that defeat emissions tests. I’m sure we would all love to hear them.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        522·
        9 months ago

        I have no clue how you think I care about that. Don’t blindly trust government agencies.

        Do you think the ATF can tell the difference between a shoe string and a machine gun?

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
              91·
              9 months ago

              I love it because they have absolutely no alternative source for information like this. They just tell you it’s wrong and to “do your own research.” Which, generally, I’ve already done when they tell me to do that and come to the opposite conclusion they’ve come to.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  7·
                  9 months ago

                  You said for us to “look at the facts” and not believe the government information. So it sure sounds like you’re saying that despite your insults.

                  • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    37·
                    9 months ago

                    Then I apologize for it being confusing.

                    I was saying don’t trust government authorities blindly: look at the facts yourself. It’s a fairly typical response to appeals to authority.

                    And don’t pretend you weren’t being insulting because you didn’t say a mean word.

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            112·
            9 months ago

            I didn’t make any statements about the facts. Can you read? I said don’t trust three letter agencies.

        • havokdj@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

          Technically, a coathanger is a machine gun if you modify it to a certain configuration.

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            13·
            9 months ago

            I appreciate someone that at least knows where I was going. And it’s not a machine gun, you’ll sure as fuck get prosecuted like it is, tho.

            • havokdj@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Legally speaking, it is a machine gun, but yes I do share your sentiment that it is not one.

              You won’t get prosecuted for it though as long as you don’t possess a weapon that it can fit in.

      • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        411·
        9 months ago

        Here? Prolly none. Still, it’s not exactly a situation where you need a government authority to choose a position, is it?

          • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            38·
            9 months ago

            How do you people come up with this insane shit? I never said any of that. Or anything near it. I never even commented on the situation.

            • the_stormcrow@lemmy.mlEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              It’s hopeless my dude. Lemmy is filled with either wannabe revolutionaries or establishment toadies. There’s no healthy scepticism to be found yet.

    • Troy Dowling@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      The dietary illuminati hid their food pyramid atop the unfinished pyramid of the one dollar bill! It’s pyramids all the way down!