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Comment by _euac

9 years ago

> The concerted effort by the pro-censorship crowd to exploit nazis to promote censorship is rather worrying.

This, right here, is a straw-man that I've seen repeated countless times. I am not pro-censorship, but I'm sure as hell not for forcing companies to provide services to Nazis and other scum.

There's a huge, gaping difference between those two things and I'd appreciate it if you stopped conflating them.

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mehwoot  9 years ago

There's a huge, gaping difference between those two things

Is there? If you need companies to effectively publish on the internet, then those companies refusing to work with you means you can't publish. Do you consider that censorship?

  • jacquesm  9 years ago

    > Is there?

    I'm kind of surprised that would need re-iterating but yes, there is.

    > If you need companies to effectively publish on the internet, then those companies refusing to work with you means you can't publish.

    No, you can go buy a printer and write your little screed in notepad and print it out, then distribute your copies. Who every equated the internet with all venues of publishing?

    > Do you consider that censorship?

    Absolutely not. Censorship is when the state muzzles your ability to communicate, see the former eastblock and present day China and North Korea. That's censorship. This is companies deciding who to do business with.