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>we don't care whose laws they are--we regard that censorship as illegitimate who's we? regardless of who you are, your regard of censorship by Russians in Ru
by osipov 11y ago
>we don't care whose laws they are--we regard that censorship as illegitimate
who's we?
regardless of who you are, your regard of censorship by Russians in Russia is illegitimate. you are a bystander passing judgement, you are not an elected representative of the Russian people. an elected government in Russia made laws establishing the legal process governing this situation. your opinion is interesting but ultimately irrelevant to the problem. those who live and vote in Russia and have a voice on this thread are far more relevant to the discussion than you are.
- narrowrail 11y agoDo you realize where this site is hosted, who owns it, and where the majority of its participants come from? I can only assume the 'we' mentioned is the great many of the HNers who do not like censorship by any country, no matter how nationalistic some of its citizens are.
- schoen 11y agoI guess this suggests that your question about whether people deny countries have the right to censor things probably was rhetorical. Well, I guess you've noticed that a lot of people here don't agree, and think there's a kind of inherent illegitimacy around most information restrictions, maybe regardless of where they come from. This kind of disagreement seems pretty intractable. :-(