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Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by zimpenfish on Thursday October 05, 2017 @05:42AM (#15407837)
> you generally can't put adults in "programs" without their consent, unless they already committed a crime.

Sure you can - there's plenty of precedent for e.g. sectioning people into mental hospitals for their own safety or removing people's driving licenses when they might be a danger (without committing a crime - bad eyesight, bad motor control, drug regimen, etc.)

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Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by icebraining on Thursday October 05, 2017 @05:58AM (#15407895)
A driving license is a privilege that comes with rules, taking it away is not the same as imposing unilateral restrictions.

Sending people to mental hospitals is a fair example, but that's why I wrote "generally", acknowledging the existence of exceptions. In that case, it's accepted that consent is an oxymoron, which doesn't really apply here.

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