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Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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One-way flight to Russia? His Twitter feed for the last decade does give merit to the idea that he's been on the payroll.

What other options does he have? I really wish people wouldn't cheer when smallfolk like us get crushed by the state. Not saying he's perfect, but what him and others have to suffer seems vastly out of proportion to what they did

Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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One-way flight to Russia? His Twitter feed for the last decade does give merit to the idea that he's been on the payroll.

What other options does he have? I really wish people wouldn't cheer when smallfolk like us get crushed by the state. Not saying he's perfect, but what him and others have to suffer seems vastly out of proportion to what they did

I do not categorize him as “small folk like us”

Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What other options does he have? I really wish people wouldn't cheer when smallfolk like us get crushed by the state. Not saying he's perfect, but what him and others have to suffer seems vastly out of proportion to what they did

I do not categorize him as “small folk like us”

Agree.

"Two weeks later on 20 January, Dotcom, Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were arrested in Coatesville, New Zealand by the New Zealand Police, in an armed raid on Dotcom's house involving 76 officers and two helicopters. Seized assets included eighteen luxury cars, large TVs, works of art and US$175 million in cash. Dotcom's bank accounts were frozen, denying him access to 64 bank accounts world-wide[...]"

No one legit has 175MM in cash sitting around. That's the realm of dictators and drug lords.

Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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There’s a substantial ongoing debate about how much responsibility a platform as for what users do on that platform. Nearly everyone in tech is affected by that.

The theatrics and drama of it is a silly distraction, but the fundamental questions seem worth following and discussing.

I’m not German; what an odd thing to comment.

Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand

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post #2

One-way flight to Russia? His Twitter feed for the last decade does give merit to the idea that he's been on the payroll.

What other options does he have? I really wish people wouldn't cheer when smallfolk like us get crushed by the state. Not saying he's perfect, but what him and others have to suffer seems vastly out of proportion to what they did

While I don't disagree with the idea behind the post, Kim is not exactly small fry. He is not as big as he once was, but he seems to be doing well money-wise.
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