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Holy shit! -4 to that? I don't mean to get all meta, but really I must be further out of touch than I realized.

• schoen 10y ago
  I didn't downvote you, but I can imagine two different reasons that people might have done so: (1) They want to emphasize that there are lots of reasons to use Tor other than political dissidence and that Tor use should be normal or common for lots of people in lots of situations. (2) They feel like the role of tools like Tor in facilitating political dissidence is overstated and that you were implying that Tor will be crucial or extremely powerful in political conflict situations, rather than, say, hopefully somewhat useful. edit: (3) They feel like you're overstating how effective political dissidence can be (because having public opinion turn against a government doesn't mean that the government will lose power).
  • rawmaterial 10y ago
    *(3) see Assad.
  • blunte 10y ago
    It's a matter of intent. If people are willing to try to get around oppression, they have already indicated their intent to strive for better. Maybe it takes a year, or 5, or 10, or more, but people will group and work for freedom. That is my point.
    • morsch 10y ago
      The same could be said for tyranny.