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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Why not just require ISPs to block it? That’s what many countries do without having to go through the trouble of criminalizing and prosecuting the consumers.

I don’t agree with the spirit or purpose of the law nor with banning or criminalizing. But one is less harmful than the other.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because the point is to be able to enforce it arbitrarily. To be able to Target specific people and groups. Being harmful is the point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Need every possible excuse to send people to El Salvador

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

But one is less harmful than the other.

Lol. We're talking about the Republican party. Their fetish is to hurt Americans. And American's fetish is to be hurt by them.