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Ah yes, the old: "This action harms no one but yourself, but we wish to protect you from yourself, so the solution is to turn you into a criminal when you perfo
by matt-attack 9y ago
Ah yes, the old: "This action harms no one but yourself, but we wish to protect you from yourself, so the solution is to turn you into a criminal when you perform said action. For your own good of course."
- dsp1234 9y agoThis action harms no one but yourself Paying a ransom is the opposite of this. The action only helps yourself, but harms everyone else, but providing funds to the ransomer.
- npongratz 9y ago> Paying a ransom is the opposite of this. The action only helps yourself, but harms everyone else, but providing funds to the ransomer. Reminds me of my relationship with the people who call themselves the taxing authorities.
- paulgb 9y agoIt's not to protect you from yourself, it's to protect you from others. It's like how some shops have "cashier cannot access safe" signs -- it's not necessarily that they don't trust the cashier, it's that it prevents the cashier from becoming a target.