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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by kohanz on Monday March 30, 2015 @03:36PM (#9292006)
... and how well does a society function if everyone gets to decide for themselves what rules they follow?
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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by moskie on Monday March 30, 2015 @03:54PM (#9292133)
You're describing reality. When was the last time you jay walked?
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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by lmm on Monday March 30, 2015 @04:34PM (#9292380)
Not a crime where I live. Some places run on civil law rather than the ad-hoc patchwork of common law.
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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by lurkinggrue on Monday March 30, 2015 @06:19PM (#9293011)
I haven't in decades.

But then I live in Southern California and nobody walks here.

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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by spacemanmatt on Monday March 30, 2015 @05:01PM (#9292591)
How does a society function when only a few make the rules for the many?

http://gawker.com/study-the-u-s-is-an-oligarchy-1563363760

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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by JoshTriplett on Monday March 30, 2015 @04:22PM (#9292306)
As long as interactions between people are governed by the consent of all parties rather than unilaterally by the rules of one: pretty darn well. If what you're doing only affects you, only you ought to have jurisdiction.
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Re:Feds Demand Reddit Identify Users of a Dark-Web Drug Forum by Karunamon on Monday March 30, 2015 @05:01PM (#9292586)
Considering that police and normal people do this every single day, I'd say pretty well.
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