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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by gowld on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:14PM (#16512887)
Confusing the government of a country with its residents, especially a dictatorship like Saudi Arabia, is a harmful error. Sure, it's not your loss, but it's not their loss either -- it's innocent 3rd party's loss.
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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by mcguire on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:11PM (#16513057)
At some point, the residents of a country are responsible for its government. The inverse of the "consent of the governed" principle.
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Re:Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany by stale2002 on Sunday March 04, 2018 @02:05AM (#16513622)
Saudi Arabia is run by a king. Its citizens don't get to vote them out of office. They are ruled by a dictator and many of them do NOT consent to being governed by the dictator.

Just because they'd get slaughtered in a revolt and don't have the ability to overthrow the king, doesn't mean that they have consented to the actions of the unelected people ruling over them.

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