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Comment by mikeash

9 years ago

"The Pirate Bay and DDOS gangs are okay, but this was the line? The worlds gone sideways."

Are you implying that The Pirate Bay and DDOS gangs are worse than actual, literal Nazis? Because that's the only way I can see to read it, but that can't possibly be what you meant.

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toomuchtodo  9 years ago

I'm saying Cloudflare has made a decision which criminal conduct they're willing to allow, which is dramatically different then "we turn off no one".

  • mikeash  9 years ago

    And why is it a surprise that media pirates or gangs weren't enough to change their minds, but Nazis are?

    Your phrasing implies that if they're willing to kick out Nazis, they should be willing to kick out media pirates. That's bizarre!

    • toomuchtodo  9 years ago

      > And why is it a surprise that media pirates or gangs weren't enough to change their minds, but Nazis are?

      Cloudflare: "Its okay if you break the law, but say offensive words that don't break the law and you are outta here."

      Hence, my surprise. Criminal acts = ok. Offensive legal speech = not okay.

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  • dguaraglia  9 years ago

    Yeah, I guess they draw the line at "people who actually want to kill other people." I don't know you but I think it's a pretty solid line.

    • scruple  9 years ago

      > I guess they draw the line at "people who actually want to kill other people."

      Well, no, actually, they don't draw the line there. They provide DDoS protection for ISIS content and Al-Qaeda content and host that content through their caching.

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