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Re:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing w... by tryauuum on Friday October 08, 2021 @05:15AM (#28797211)
If you look at this thread, you will see many people coming up with different analogies, thinking about "what would Ford do" or "what if there is a meth lab". Simply because they saw your analogy and didn't like it

I wish HN would introduce a "please no analogies that compare digital stuff with physical" rule because such things turn conversations into a mess

Re:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing w... by cjfd on Friday October 08, 2021 @05:19AM (#28797232)
No, it sounds like a completely valid thing to make such analogies. Whether it is true is another thing, but it certainly is a point of view. This sounds a lot like 'I don't like your conclusion so I am going to attack the perfectly valid means by which you attained it'.
Re:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing w... by tryauuum on Friday October 08, 2021 @09:17AM (#28798921)
My point of view that an analogy cannot possibly be, in your words, "true". Don't you think any analogy is leaky and we shouldn't use them? Any point of view demonstrated with an analogy can be conveyed without it.

And no, I attack this method not because I don't agree with the conclusion of comment I was replying to, it's because I hate analogies.

How comparing cloudflare to ford and then saying "wouldn't that be ridiculous if Ford got sued if a criminal bought a car" can be accepted by anyone as a valid argument? Yes, it would be ridiculous but that's it

Re:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing w... by nurgasemetey on Friday October 08, 2021 @05:56AM (#28797443)
On other side, judiciary system sometimes uses analogies. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree
Re:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing w... by Chris2048 on Friday October 08, 2021 @01:16PM (#28801603)
I wish there was such a rule for the courts too. No more "Intellectual Property" etc. Yet here we are.