The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site • Hacker News Board

Re: The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site

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Post by blader » Mon, Jul 21, 2008, 5:09 AM UTC

DaniFong wrote: post #22

vaksel wrote: post #3

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Personally I don't mind the inappropriate jokes/posts, sure some are racist, some are sexist, some are just plain disgusting, but that's the whole point, in the age of political correctness its actually refreshing. Step outside your comfort bubble. And hey...if you don't like it, nobody is forcing you to go there. Everyone likes to talk about freedoms we get in this country, yet these same people who wave the flag, h…

One cannot simply escape the influence of 4chan by not going there. It is a cesspool, and the memes that breed there spread elsewhere. Do you think the players of Habbo wanted the influence of /b? And the violent culture there was shared by meankids.org when they started to frighten Kathy Sierra -- it was only a short jump from there to the death threats, and now they've inflicted harm. She will never be the same.

Freedom of speech guarantees that you will hear things you are offended by. There are some people who think they deserve to live in a world where they are never offended by anything, where everything is Serious Business. 4chan exists to demonstrate how futile and ludicrous people like that are, and appropriately enough those same people are the ones who are most offended by 4chan.

It's beautiful in its own little twisted way.

Re: The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site

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Post by adrianwaj » Mon, Jul 21, 2008, 8:51 AM UTC

ericb wrote: post #48

adrianwaj wrote: post #44

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"My point is that Mein Kampf did not kill 50 million people; Hitler and his regime did." Yes it did. And not totally correct. Mein Kampf represented the essence of the Nazis just as America's Bill of Rights relates to the USA. So too this board has its rules and the influence of its founder. Banning a text that left unchecked will lead to mass murder and untold suffering throughout generations shows a huge expression…

The Nazi's were notorious for burning books. Was that ok? Do you trust others to decide what books are ok?

"The Nazi's were notorious for burning books. Was that ok?"

Well I guess if you're a Nazi then it's okay, if you're me I'd rather ban Mein Kamp.

Re: The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site

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Post by ericb » Mon, Jul 21, 2008, 2:10 PM UTC

adrianwaj wrote: post #52

ericb wrote: post #48

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The Nazi's were notorious for burning books. Was that ok? Do you trust others to decide what books are ok?

"The Nazi's were notorious for burning books. Was that ok?" Well I guess if you're a Nazi then it's okay, if you're me I'd rather ban Mein Kamp.

Well, step it down several notches. Would you trust the Bush administration to choose what books are "ok"?

Re: The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site

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Post by rplevy » Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 12:10 AM UTC

adrianwaj wrote: post #30

vaksel wrote: post #15

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You can be disgusted all you want, nobody is forcing you to visit that site though. Going to sites where you disagree completely with their philosophy is called trolling. You want a moral 4chan style site, go to christchan(real site btw)...thats the thing with the internet, sites that people want will always stay alive. I mean look at 4chan stats: "Current users: 29,989", that's almost 30,000 users using the site at…

Dude, I wouldn't defend Hitler for having the right to publish Mein Kamp. At the end of the day, you've got to use your discretion as to who you're defending. And in your defense, are you merely attacking the attacker? If so, then you can expect a counter attack, and you are being a hypocrite.

In accordance with Godwin's Law, I hereby declare this subthread dead.