Re:The Internet Will Be the Death of Us
by matt4077 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:51AM
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> [..] that the internet makes it easier, is silly
If the internet does not make it easier, nor does it make it possible, or cheaper... Then why would anybody do it?
I very much think it is silly instead to pretend that whatever Plan B these people would have had to find community with like-minded low-lifes, would, almost by definition be worse than their "Plan A".
Re:The Internet Will Be the Death of Us
by wiz21c on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:26AM
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I really don't understand why you're being downvoted. There are so many ways to be/become a crimminal, internet is just the last one. That's just part of human history (although it's a side we don't like).
Re:The Internet Will Be the Death of Us
by tomjen3 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @04:20PM
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Because the NYT loaths nerds, because we took away their nice, respectful, secure jobs by destroying newspaper monopolies and taking away their advertising.
So they will do everything to destroy the internet, or better yet to be the ones who control it, even turning the NYT into yellow journalism.
pretending people couldn't find places to air antisemitic or white nationalist sentiments before the internet, or that the internet makes it easier, is silly. if anything the internet makes it harder for these fools, because now if they show their faces or use their real names, they're doxed and harangued at every turn by an internet lynchmob.
> I don’t know exactly how we square free speech and free expression — which are paramount — with a better policing of the internet, but I’m certain that we need to approach that challenge with more urgency than we have mustered so far. Democracy is at stake. So are lives.
right, as opposed to the rosy times before the internet, with timothy mcveigh, the DC sniper, and the unabomber. or how about john wayne gacy?
why this guy is paid to spew inane opinions like this is beyond me