Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

Post by ipsi » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 11:41 PM UTC

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>We could’ve had a world where companies couldn’t do anything about people using their ideas doesn't sound like the best idea depending on what industry we are talking about. medicine, yes. Art, no (we're kinda going through that right now actually). >In some sense cp is the ultimate test of anonymity, since you’ll be thrown in prison pretty much instantly if caught. So perhaps it’s no surprise that it’s the most com…

I’m fascinated by the Nazi question (what to do with them). I think we should allow heterodox beliefs in public forums since at least this reduces the effect of echo chambers. The other alternative is to ban certain ideas from the mainstream, but I think this leads to groups like Nazis just moving to dedicated sites where their ideas are reinforced. Like I’d rather see a Nazi subreddit where those ideas are likely to…

Post by lazide » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 11:43 PM UTC

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Competent corrupt officials can do the math, and understand ongoing 1X bribes are far better than poisoning their money tree by stupidly accepting a one-time 10X bribe.

In a volatile place covering for illegal thing that can bite you in the ass - you'll take the payout, gain political points by cooperating with some agency and spin yourself as a hero in the case.

Post by Eisenstein » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 11:49 PM UTC

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I like this question because you explicitly ask me to agree with your premise that pedophiles and gay people are equivalent within your framing of this discussion and then follow it up with “my contention is something other than what I’ve clearly explained” Edit: For clarity, the post this is responding to originally started with “Do you agree that 'adult-adult-hetersexual' is the only orientation that has obvious ev…

Post by School-Cotton » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 11:53 PM UTC

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I’m no expert here but I’m going to guess that equivocating gay people and pedophiles is not the best starting point to understanding pedophiles.

Post by evandale » Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 11:58 PM UTC

ipsi wrote: post #391

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I’m fascinated by the Nazi question (what to do with them). I think we should allow heterodox beliefs in public forums since at least this reduces the effect of echo chambers. The other alternative is to ban certain ideas from the mainstream, but I think this leads to groups like Nazis just moving to dedicated sites where their ideas are reinforced. Like I’d rather see a Nazi subreddit where those ideas are likely to…

Why would Nazis (or flat-earthers or QAnon or any other group likely to receive _substantial_ challenges to their world-view) stay somewhere where they'd be challenged, though? On a Reddit-like platform they'd downvote and/or ban to ensure it's almost entirely an echo-chamber, like every other part of Reddit. If they somehow weren't able to control that, then I suspect they'd move to another platform organically, bec…