Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake

Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by uoaei on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @08:04PM (#34718276)

It sounds like you have replaced a moral framework with a legal one. But the question of censorship is fundamentally a question of morality. It matters not how legal or illegal specific actions are in this discussion, so the legal means of enforcement that you rely on for your argument are a red herring.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by alphanullmeric on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:08PM (#34719639)

Then you heard incorrectly. What I said is what I believe to be moral. You can’t arrest someone over non violent speech. Force is only justified in response to force. And at the same time, if you agree to enforcement you aren’t getting your rights violated.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by uoaei on Thursday February 09, 2023 @10:54AM (#34725816)

Neither "enforcement" nor "arrest" carries moral content. But you use both terms freely in justifying your allegedly-moral position, unfortunately implying your conception of "rights" is one based only on those granted by an enforcement body.

It is hard to discern any moral content here, and I suspect there is none.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by alphanullmeric on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:55PM (#34730339)

What? If I’m morally against using force to prevent non-forceful speech, why would that not also be my legal position?

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