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Does this remind anyone else of Atlas Shrugged? The government forces someone to bend to their will, then tries to also force that person/business to also spea

by bherms 16y ago

Does this remind anyone else of Atlas Shrugged? The government forces someone to bend to their will, then tries to also force that person/business to also speak out on the oppressors behalf. Sickening IMO, but sadly, it's just another tactic used to fool people into thinking they're doing something worthwhile here. I'd like to hear Clist speak out and say that they're shutting Adult down because they were forced to, but that the issue still remains and, if anything, having it publicly available on Craigslist probably made the "industry" safer.

wmeredith 16y ago
Yes, there's an Atlas Shrugged correlation there. However, I'm pretty sure that a governing body forcing the oppressed to make erroneous public statements on their behalf has been a non-fiction occurrence for far longer than Atlas Shrugged has been in print.
- sabat 16y ago
  In this context, Rand was merely acting as a reporter.
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tptacek 16y ago
Give me a break. craiglist picked a fight. They disabled the adult ads, and replaced them with a "fuck you" to the state AG's. They have every right to do that, and I'm glad they did; it's more honest that way. However, nobody has any business feigning outrage that the AG's then questioned their step. Most of the time, when people stamp "censored" over content on their site, they do in fact intend to put it back. You can break out the Ayn Rand when someone passes a law requiring craigslist to genuflect, instead of just issuing a sharply worded press release in an ongoing pissing match.
- joe_the_user 16y ago
  "They have every right to do that, and I'm glad they did; it's more honest that way. However, nobody has any business feigning outrage that the AG's then questioned their step." Well, unless you're outraged the AG ever began their campaign to begin with. Then you might feel outrage that they're following it to its conclusion. I suppose you have a point that claim should have been "AG's campaign stays as stupid as it ever was ..."

by bherms 16y ago

wmeredith 16y ago

Yes, there's an Atlas Shrugged correlation there. However, I'm pretty sure that a governing body forcing the oppressed to make erroneous public statements on their behalf has been a non-fiction occurrence for far longer than Atlas Shrugged has been in print.

sabat 16y ago
In this context, Rand was merely acting as a reporter.
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tptacek 16y ago

Give me a break. craiglist picked a fight. They disabled the adult ads, and replaced them with a "fuck you" to the state AG's. They have every right to do that, and I'm glad they did; it's more honest that way. However, nobody has any business feigning outrage that the AG's then questioned their step. Most of the time, when people stamp "censored" over content on their site, they do in fact intend to put it back. You can break out the Ayn Rand when someone passes a law requiring craigslist to genuflect, instead of just issuing a sharply worded press release in an ongoing pissing match.

joe_the_user 16y ago
"They have every right to do that, and I'm glad they did; it's more honest that way. However, nobody has any business feigning outrage that the AG's then questioned their step." Well, unless you're outraged the AG ever began their campaign to begin with. Then you might feel outrage that they're following it to its conclusion. I suppose you have a point that claim should have been "AG's campaign stays as stupid as it ever was ..."