Comment by INTPenis
13 years ago
I think this can help you understand their mentality, PRQ, the hosting company behind TPB, have hosted pedophiles.
I don't know if they still do because I haven't kept track, but they did for sure host pedophile message boards in 2005-2006 where pedophiles discussed things like raising children for sex.
Why? I can only guess that it's because they believe in freedom of speech over everything else.
Do you think child raping pedophiles will stop raping children if they can't host their boards at PRQ?
Just because something will continue to occur does not justify your contribution to it occurring.
No, but it means they aren't choosing freedom of speech over child abuse, like GP was insinuating.
And I find the accusation of supporting child abuse rather unfair, unless one plans to accuse Tor and Freenet node operators (like me) of the same; after all, we all know actual child porn, not just talk, probably goes through our machine. The obfuscation just offloads our moral dillemas, it doesn't change the facts.
I see it like this.
Anyone can have freedom of speech, but it's up to the people if they want to listen.
If a pedophile started preaching their beliefs in town square to a group of people, it wouldn't be long before they would be run out of town or beat up.
The same goes for any services offered to people who's ideology you don't agree with.