The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic societies

Post by themitigating » Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 10:17 PM UTC

LawTalkingGuy wrote: post #418

themitigating wrote: post #397

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why? If a politician votes for a law that reduces the speed limit to 50mph then is caught speeding is that corruption? I think corruption is when someone abuses their position of power. This isn't abuse they just violated their own rules.

It's corruption because they know they won't be punished. If more laws were objective (like speeding) and politicians were as surveilled as everyone else it wouldn't be an issue.

Post by naasking » Fri, Mar 31, 2023, 12:58 PM UTC

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #420

naasking wrote: post #279

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> Isn't it dangerous to have trans men – many of whom will have testosterone running through their systems – in vulnerable women's spaces? To be fair to the OP, I don't think there exists a history of abuse of females from trans men, which strengthens their allegation that the underlying sex might be an important factor to consider in these scenarios. The sex hormones alone maybe just aren't a factor. It's likely not…

> which strengthens their allegation that the underlying sex might be an important factor to consider in these scenarios. "Underlying sex" isn't a particularly coherent concept to begin with. By what potential mechanism could "underlying sex" influence behaviour, other than hormonally? Lacking an answer to this question doesn't mean we should rule out the possibility while investigating , but we shouldn't take too mu…

Post by wizzwizz4 » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

naasking wrote: post #423

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #420

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> which strengthens their allegation that the underlying sex might be an important factor to consider in these scenarios. "Underlying sex" isn't a particularly coherent concept to begin with. By what potential mechanism could "underlying sex" influence behaviour, other than hormonally? Lacking an answer to this question doesn't mean we should rule out the possibility while investigating , but we shouldn't take too mu…

> "Underlying sex" isn't a particularly coherent concept to begin with. By what potential mechanism could "underlying sex" influence behaviour, other than hormonally? By that argument, trans people shouldn't exist because they have the hormonal profile of their birth sex, therefore they shouldn't exhibit observable behavioural differences.