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But isn't this the case for any issue in a country of laws? Assuming everyone is always a "good," considerate and reasonable person, then there is really never a need for any restrictive law. In such a world, we'd all be extreme libertarians. In a society, where there are all kinds of people, I always decide to give up SOME freedoms in order to make the entire system work for everyone. This is the contract that we make by agreeing to organize ourselves into a modern society. This has been the project of humanity for thousands of years. Sure: Way in the future, there may be a better way, but it doesn't seem like we are there. Why do I agree to follow all kinds of restrictions, laws and regulations that really wouldn't be necessary for me, since I would not abuse my freedoms? I do so, because I understand that in this society it is the best way we have found to make it work for everyone. What a whole lot of proponents of gun-restrictions can't fathom is that gun rights proponents aren't willing to make the slightest sacrifice in view of the consequences we are experiencing. Do I think the FAA needs to legally require me to keep a very specific distance from clouds when jumping? No. I'd make sure we would agree on safe procedures on our load (are the clouds at opening altitude, what kinds of jumps are being done on the load, what are the real dangers in that specific situation, etc.) However, it's likely proven that the existing rules in the US do make it generally safer for everyone. I'm willing to make that sacrifice.

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Yeah, watched the whole thing, certainly no new information here. Company kicked other company off of its server - it’s a free market, they can do that We like free markets, right? My point was that “Q” screwed the pooch by saying, in reference to 8Chan, “no outside coms now or in the future”. Based on the way 8Chan is set up that basically means its can’t simply be re-created; instead, you could (and do) have a bunch of boards claiming to be the one true legitimate heir of 8Chan... but no way to verify them, and so no way to confirm someone’s posts are from “Q”. Bad move if you’re a Qultist trying to keep control of the the thing... (I mean, even if you instead said, “we’ll follow the one who is most accurate!”, you’re gonna have a bad time because the *Original* 4Chan/8Chan Q had a worse record of predicting stuff than you’d get from a monkey with a dartboard...) Anyway, to Kallend’s point - it would all just be some sort of bizarre real life alternate reality LARPing, except some people seem to be shooting others in support of this nonsense. Random aside to keep this in the category of “politics” and not “crazy fringe kooky theories”. Did you have an opinion on Obama’s net neutrality regulations, back when they were being debated (and ultimately yanked by Anit Pai at the FCC at Trump’s direction?) Lots of Fox viewers seemed to have hated them - because Fox told them to. And while wanting to have content neutral rules wouldn’t have stopped these ISPs from booting 8Chan, prohibiting slow downs and stuff like that would have helped the 8Chan’er’s causes... It’s almost as though Trump isn’t supporting “open communications” but instead backing where money can be made. (Gasp! Shocking, right!?!) Foresight doesn’t seem to be the Fox News audience’s strongpoint, though...