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Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by __jal on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:10PM (#11679312)
Don't confuse free markets with capitalism. One of those does imply the other, but not transitively.

Capitalism doesn't need free markets, and many capitalists prefer not having them.

Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by delecti on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:13PM (#11679343)
Not reflexively.
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Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by cpach on Thursday May 12, 2016 @02:15AM (#11681672)
Please be civil.
Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by fu9ar on Thursday May 12, 2016 @03:56PM (#11686265)
I realize that it is unpopular, but civility would not have made my point. I appreciate your input.
Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by delecti on Thursday May 12, 2016 @05:17PM (#11686847)
I can't respond to your other comment because it's flagged, so I'll respond here. I think most people don't mind pedants. The comment got a handful of upvotes, so clearly on the whole the addition was appreciated.

It's absolutely possible to be a jerk about correcting someone, but a simple dispassionate "I think you meant X instead of Y" can be helpful.

Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by fu9ar on Friday May 13, 2016 @03:09AM (#11689076)
This platform actively discourages downvoting, so a couple people out of hundreds or thousands of viewers deciding to upvote you doesn't mean that the addition was appreciated.

I thought you meant exactly what you said, and I meant exactly what I said, passion and all. Regardless of the community sanctions, I still mean it.

Re:Prison phones are a predatory monopoly – One family fough... by TallGuyShort on Thursday May 12, 2016 @07:06PM (#11687482)
I'm just confused about the angry implication that they keep doing this. Looking back 60 days I don't see a single other comment like that...