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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by YarickR2 on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:35PM (#23686257)
Oh. But can I think about something illegal ? Can I write something illegal down on paper ? Say something illegal quietly ? Can I say something illegal loudly in the middle of the forest ? Saying something is just a way to make your thoughts known by others. Thought police, and thought crime are just a tear drop away, it seems.
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by airstrike on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:40PM (#23686295)
Sorry, but that's called the slippery slope fallacy
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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by lopmotr on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @01:57AM (#23687036)
It's happening in the UK. Google "I need to check your thinking" for an example. You need to have some clear boundaries between speaking-crime and thought-crime otherwise they get blurred and you end up with something like McCarthyism.
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