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Re:China is challenging the idea that censorship thwarts onl... by rawTruthHurts on Thursday July 21, 2016 @12:06PM (#12137755)
"What is exactly wrong with having a physical wall which restricts illegal migration?"

That's exactly what the Berlin wall was for. It wasn't ok for the western powers. For the USSR, on the other hand, it was rather fine. Didn't it?

"Politicians often say ridiculous shit in order to create sensation and polarize"

Still, editorializing is deemed as a bad thing, even here in Hacker News.

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Re:China is challenging the idea that censorship thwarts onl... by dingo_bat on Thursday July 21, 2016 @12:10PM (#12137792)
>That's exactly what the Berlin wall was for

No. It was virtually impossible for people to cross that border legally. This is not the case with US-Mexico.

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Re:China is challenging the idea that censorship thwarts onl... by rawTruthHurts on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:02AM (#12142669)
"It was virtually impossible"

Nope. Not virtually, and definitely not impossible.

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