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Re:The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Comm... by Vinnl on Monday October 29, 2018 @05:55AM (#18326165)
I wouldn't want my government to release the names of state employees, corrupt or not, to the people - especially if those people can become the target of mob justice.

Of course, they should still be brought to trail or whatever when they are corrupt, but if that doesn't happen, then that is the problem - not that they're not being exposed to public rule.

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Re:The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Comm... by dsfyu404ed on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:58AM (#18327089)
>especially if those people can become the target of mob justice.

Well at some point that becomes the only form of justice available. If the state is protecting bad actors what form of justice is left?

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Re:The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Comm... by Vinnl on Monday October 29, 2018 @10:25AM (#18327769)
Correct; if the state can no longer democratically be controlled by citizens, revolution is the only option.

However, when the state is protecting bad actors, one should not call for the law to be adjusted to allow for mob justice, but for a functioning judiciary branch.

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Re:The EU's Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Comm... by ealhad on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:02PM (#18328582)
Thank you.
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