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Re:Bruce Schneier: Has U.S. started an Internet war? by sliverstorm on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @04:46PM (#5901953)
The idiocy of the "they hate our freedoms" statement has been weighing on me lately.

It isn't perfectly accurate, but there might be a kernel of reality there. Remember a little while back when extremists were mad at the US for a video somebody made in their basement? I heard someone explain in regards to that issue that for someone whose government regulates such things, to them it must have looked like the US was endorsing the video simply by allowing it to exist.

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Re:Bruce Schneier: Has U.S. started an Internet war? by jessaustin on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:06PM (#5902371)
The "protests" on that one seemed a bit ginned-up, possibly to coincide with some other event. I mean, the video still exists, but all the goat enthusiasts are satisfied now that the dude's parole was revoked? That seems... unlikely.
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