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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by andsoitis on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:31PM (#40268036)
> Banning them from the EU was certainly in our interest.

but you had no say in the matter; so if a future ban is not in your interest, what will you do?

no, the government should not stifle the market of ideas. that is not in our interest in the long run.

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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:53PM (#40268241)
> the government should not stifle the market of ideas

America is uniquely individualistic, our First Amendment uniquely strong. I believe in it. But it's not clear it's the only optimum.

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