Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen...
by UI_at_80x24 on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:02AM
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Thin edge of the wedge.
Extend that line of thinking to the internet.
If I post a message on a forum, and that server is not located on USA soil then it can easily be argued that the speech did not occur in the US. 'From whence the voice was heard.'
HN appears to be primarily populated with like-minded individuals; so of course we will all point out the technical inaccuracies of my point, and will quickly follow-up with 'That won't happen here'. The same righteous indignation a few years ago would occur if anybody would have suggested that kids were separated from their families and forced into cages when people entered at the southern border .
This is not the era where kind, just, reasonable people are making or enforcing policies.
Extend that line of thinking to the internet. If I post a message on a forum, and that server is not located on USA soil then it can easily be argued that the speech did not occur in the US. 'From whence the voice was heard.'
HN appears to be primarily populated with like-minded individuals; so of course we will all point out the technical inaccuracies of my point, and will quickly follow-up with 'That won't happen here'. The same righteous indignation a few years ago would occur if anybody would have suggested that kids were separated from their families and forced into cages when people entered at the southern border .
This is not the era where kind, just, reasonable people are making or enforcing policies.