Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by XorNot on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:03AM
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Eh, I've never much cared for that quote or the common interpretation of it. People take it as though the problem is the surveillance. But it's the last part which tells you what's up: "I'll find a way to hang him".
The speaker is telling you what they're going to do - everything else is a formality. Your problem began well before they had a sentence, and wouldn't end if they didn't have one.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by jvanderbot on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:24PM
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A malicious, unlawful actor should be denied all methods of acting out their purpose, as long as it doesn't hurt lawful actors more than they are willing to accept.
Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism
by vdqtp3 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:29PM
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> so intrinsically human about communication
I think it's interesting that all of these discussions imply that there is nothing essential about the right to self defense [even from governments] using the most effective tools possible.
To be clear, I 100% believe that self defense is also intrinsic to being a mobile animal, and everyone has the right to be their own first line of self defense. But most people go their entire lives without needing to defend their self, but nobody goes more than a few days without needing to communicate with someone, often somewhat intimately. The amount of words someone generates is staggering, and if archived arbitrarily, can almost certainly be used against them.