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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by bell-cot on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:33AM (#33093596)

Yes. And judging by how many Americans die of gunshot wounds each year, and how many guns are sold, and the profits of the major gun manufacturers - how successful is that "blame the tool and manufacturer" strategy?

(Or is "success", for the anti-gun crowd, mostly about winning performative virtue contests in their own social media bubbles - while tens of thousands of "99.9% of 'em aren't like us, so we only pretend to care" people die?)

MEANWHILE, back at the Greatest Hypocrite Playoffs - I clicked on the link in a browser with cookies and js blocked. The article's web page (at Imgur.com) only says:

   "If you're seeing this message, that means JavaScript has been disabled on your browser, please enable JS to make Imgur work."

(Privacy Badger & NoScript say they're blocking cookies from 6+ domains, and js from 12+ domains & subdomains. I know of Cloudflare-protected sites where allowing cookies from 1 domain and js from 2 subdomains are plenty to make them work right.)

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by sascha_sl on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:38AM (#33093630)

It is very successful outside the US.

If I lived in the US I'd want to own a gun too - based on the political, social and economic climate.

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by bell-cot on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:57AM (#33093780)

Well...by my impression, "blaming the tool and manufacturer" is a rather simplistic and childish way of describing most of the successful national gun control strategies.

If you moved to the US, I'd suggest being very wary of gun ownership. That can feel very empowering. And it's pretty cool in a lot of social circles, kinda required in a few, seen less favorably in many others...but, unless our culture wars turn into actual shooting wars, there are few places in the U.S. where both (1) foreign-born people settle by choice and (2) gun ownership is net plus for the safety of your self and your family. (And (2) is dependent on you not merely owning a gun, but being fairly experienced in securing/handling/using it, plus pretty savvy about if/when/how to use it.)

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by Huh1337 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @07:21AM (#33093943)

Is it? Which countries are safer than Czechia or Switzerland, both known for high gun ownership and liberal concealed carry laws?

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by codpiece on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:13AM (#33094393)

Czechia has very good multi-level gun laws where ownership is based on competency and mental health. I wish we had that in the US.

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by Huh1337 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:16AM (#33094423)

That's right, but that only furthers the point that gun manufacturers aren't to be blamed.

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by codpiece on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:44AM (#33094748)

Marketing in the US by gun manufacturers has become much more violent over the decades. That is well within their blame.

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Re:Cloudflare is breaking the internet by requiring "JavaScr... by Huh1337 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @10:15AM (#33095856)

Shouldn't the government regulate gun-related advertising, then? I have trouble assigning all blame to corporations playing by the rules. Those who set the rules wrongly are to be blamed, IMHO.

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