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Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict Internet

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Re: Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict Internet

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You forgot torture, executing people with out trial, executing minors and the mentally retarded, holding political prisoners, and using the military against the populace.

I hope you do not exclude the US from these. You know... * Torture -> Guantanamo and other similar (worse) bases all over the world * executing people with out trial -> police officers firing at will or over-using tazers to drunk people until they die (not to mention that carrying a gun is legal for civilians too). * executing minors and the mentally retarded -> no health care for poor people who can't afford it, may…

"executing minors and the mentally retarded -> no health care for poor people who can't afford it, maybe they should be executed"

I'm not necessarily against "health care for all", but those two things are not at all the same

If society does not decide to levy taxes in order to provide health care for some people, it is not at all the same as deliberately killing those people. Not at all. Please don't use such extreme rhetoric.

Re: Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict Internet

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope you do not exclude the US from these. You know... * Torture -> Guantanamo and other similar (worse) bases all over the world * executing people with out trial -> police officers firing at will or over-using tazers to drunk people until they die (not to mention that carrying a gun is legal for civilians too). * executing minors and the mentally retarded -> no health care for poor people who can't afford it, may…

"executing minors and the mentally retarded -> no health care for poor people who can't afford it, maybe they should be executed" I'm not necessarily against "health care for all", but those two things are not at all the same If society does not decide to levy taxes in order to provide health care for some people, it is not at all the same as deliberately killing those people. Not at all. Please don't use such extrem…

It's not the same, but it's not that different. They both die because of lack of empathy and indifference.
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