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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by squigz on Thursday April 16, 2026 @06:25PM (#47800322)
Maybe because I'm not so arrogant as to imply everyone has to have the same views and act the same way as me, nor to imply that my view is the only right one.

But nah, you're right. Nobody has to pay. Everybody should pirate.

Now, that's been true for decades, of course. So why hasn't the entire system fallen apart?

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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by otterley on Thursday April 16, 2026 @06:45PM (#47800471)
> I'm not so arrogant

Believing oneself to be special and above the law such that one feels justified in trampling on others' rights is textbook arrogance.

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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by squigz on Thursday April 16, 2026 @06:55PM (#47800559)
Not everyone in the world is subject to the same laws.

To say nothing of what all that means when those laws are unjust and themselves serve to trample on individuals' rights.

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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by otterley on Thursday April 16, 2026 @08:08PM (#47801065)
> Not everyone in the world is subject to the same laws.

Are you?

> To say nothing of what all that means when those laws are unjust and themselves serve to trample on individuals' rights.

What rights are you speaking of, exactly?

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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by necovek on Saturday April 18, 2026 @02:28AM (#47813608)
They are not: if they never travel to Afghanistan or Ethiopia, they will not be subject to their laws.

Laws change even in the same region, so it is also temporal.

And one can work to change the laws too.

But it does not make sense, you have your pre-defined opinion and you are sticking with it, and we do not buy your argument, so it's best we agree to disagree here.

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