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Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by cgag »

kevhito wrote: post #128
zombieprocesses wrote: post #64

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> Societies evolve and social views change. That's why we have principles and constitutional rights. So that our rights aren't taken away on a whim of societal change. I'm from NY and I've never owned a gun and I probably will never do so. But even I would be against repealing the 2nd amendment. The fact that people here are so openly talking about repealing the 2nd amendment and taking away more of our rights is rea…

The reason I think people are talking about repealing the 2nd is because the NRA won't budge an inch. Extremism begets extremism. If people can't get sensible gun regulation, extreme gun regulation starts to seem more attractive. Conservatism, I though, was all about making slow and slight tweaks to society, rather than radical changes. But refusal to allow even the slightest evolution or deviation on some issue, lik…

I would view it as a fundamental parts of the system not to be flexed with. You're also never going to get back anything you give up.

You could easily live through 50+ years of incrementally handing over bits and pieces of your right to bear arms to the government before things turn ugly. It's San Francisco relaxing its building codes since it hasn't had a big earthquake in 100 years.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by int_19h »

Larrikin wrote: post #149
SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #103

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Worked for drugs, and tax evasion, and human trafficking, and alcohol for awhile. Simply make it illegal and it goes away!

The logical conclusion from that train of thought is that laws have no meaning if people break the laws. So why have any laws?

Laws have no meaning if [most] people can break the laws without consequences. The ability to enforce is important.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by int_19h »

kevhito wrote: post #184
plandis wrote: post #146

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> Please weigh your own personal hobby against our society's clear dysfunction when it comes to gun violence. Does the pleasure you get from learning about "reloading ammo for 100+ year old rifles" does not outweigh my desire for my son to not be shot at school? You're presenting a false dichotomy. I have seen no proven link between YouTube videos showing proper gun handling and gun violence. I say this as someone wh…

The parent did not complain about the ban being ineffective. He complained about it hurting his niche hobby. That's selfish. As for the argument that the ban is a bad idea because it is ineffective. I don't know if the ban will help. I'm not an expert, though it seems pretty obvious that our current situation isn't working so well. Do you think a ban will increase gun violence? How sure are you?

It's only selfish if the ban actually achieves some important social objective. But it doesn't, not really. You don't need any of that content to buy a gun and shoot up a school.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by cgag »

jjjensen90 wrote: post #142
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #116

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Yes, and blacks were taking up arms because they were literally being bombed. The whites wanted to control their rights to have guns so they could continue controlling the black populations with violent force. So you highlight how gun control has been used as an oppressive tool in the past. What are we do to when only our corrupt government is allowed to have guns?

Our "corrupt government" would crush us with jets, tanks, nukes, laser weapons, missiles, helicopters, drones, ships, chemical weapons, smallpox, and probably many more things regardless of whether we had AR-15s or not.

Can't win if you don't play.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by el_cid »

drdaeman wrote: post #213
omarforgotpwd wrote: post #111

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Security on most mobile devices other than those by Apple is a joke. I understand wanting features that aren’t there, but for me these things are very small and easy to work around relative to the benefits iOS provides: namely that the software is generally advanced and high quality.

So is security on Apple devices, e.g. just recent https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/21/17147572/a... Remembering that macOS bug with empty password root access, I'd say that Apple security QC had degraded a lot.

There are blunders - but the difference is that there is a lot of scrutiny on iOS and macOS compared to other more niche options. But I guess security through obscurity is not too bad. Apple did benefit from it for many years.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by deno »

chx wrote: post #178
zombieprocesses wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Societies evolve and social views change. That's why we have principles and constitutional rights. So that our rights aren't taken away on a whim of societal change. I'm from NY and I've never owned a gun and I probably will never do so. But even I would be against repealing the 2nd amendment. The fact that people here are so openly talking about repealing the 2nd amendment and taking away more of our rights is rea…

> That's why we have principles and constitutional rights. You never had a constitutional right to owe a firearm. This is legal nonsense put together relatively recently, starting as answer to the Black Panthers arming themselves and then later some politics. Please look at https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/nra-guns-sec... > From 1888, when law review articles first were indexed, through 1959, every sin…

> And, in light of recent events: everyone not turning in their own guns and campaigning strongly for reversing this nonsense is an accessory to the mass murder of children. Everyone who used their money to support the proliferation of guns have blood on their hands.

Do you support women’s right to terminate their pregnancy? Assuming you do, what would you think of similarly worded pro-life argument?

I think you’ll find such emotionally charged arguments are never effective and will convince no one.

It’s also uninformed, as there’s plenty of objective evidence to suggest that guns save more lives than they take[1–2].

[1] recent study: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-study-use-firearms-...

[2] more via: https://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by JorgeGT »

soneil wrote: post #97
IronWolve wrote: post #2

I read the craft beer forums got hit hard, since they cant sell alcohol. Also cigars trading and buy clubs are now banned. The finally got all the dark net, and idtheft, shoplifting subs. Sexsells is still up, but thats a political discussion sub, not for advertising. I know my local WA_Gun sub is purging all its trade/sell posts, since they allowed it, since all transactions are done at a dealer under law here. Gun…

Not just selling alcohol, "transactions". Which means no more swaps. Trading local brews or homebrews are fun communities, and they just got wiped out with zero warning.

Plenty of alcohol is gifted in Reddit's own gift exchange: https://www.redditgifts.com/gallery/simple-pleasures-exchang..., I wonder if they will ban their own sponsored exchange.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by iaml »

drdaeman wrote: post #213
omarforgotpwd wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Security on most mobile devices other than those by Apple is a joke. I understand wanting features that aren’t there, but for me these things are very small and easy to work around relative to the benefits iOS provides: namely that the software is generally advanced and high quality.

So is security on Apple devices, e.g. just recent https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/21/17147572/a... Remembering that macOS bug with empty password root access, I'd say that Apple security QC had degraded a lot.

Indeed they have. Apple also agreed there is a problem, and they are apparently trying to fix it. Better answer to the problem than I expected, honestly.

Re: YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans

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Post by el_cid »

Mononokay wrote: post #154
CaptSpify wrote: post #130

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I mean most of the apps, like Maps, Email, GPS, etc. And I don't know the answer to that, because I haven't used an Apple product since the original iPhone. If I'm misunderstanding how they work, then, please, inform me as to what I'm missing. I'm very willing to admit I was mistaken if they don't work the way I think they do. I try to keep up with the basics of how they work, I have my friends show me things, etc. B…

You can sideload .IPAs. It's a bit inconvienient but it's better than nothing. If you're jailbroken, there's always Cydia, which is a Linux-like package manager.

You can even deploy your own code, or others directly through Xcode...
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