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I'm in New Zealand, and finding the Christchurch shooter's manifesto was harder than you'd think. The "it's not foolproof, so it's fruitless"-argument strikes
by Carpetsmoker 8y ago
I'm in New Zealand, and finding the Christchurch shooter's manifesto was harder than you'd think.
The "it's not foolproof, so it's fruitless"-argument strikes me as missing the point. We can't prevent many things from happening (rape, thieving, excessive drug use, etc.) but that doesn't mean that efforts to contain this are useless.
- ric2b 8y agoIt was (is) one search away on the famous bay of pirates.
- baroffoos 8y agoIt was very easy to find if you know where to look. If you know the domain for 8chan you could find it in seconds. The massive attempt to hide the video probably made it much easier to find as so many people who saw it saved it expecting it to be gone in the future.
- Carpetsmoker 8y agoEverything is easy to find if you know where to look.
- gyaniv 8y agoYes, if you look hard enough, you can find anything. But I think the idea is to make it so that the bad things don't just continue to float around where people not looking for it might see it. Just like terrorist content (how to make bombs/attack infidels and such) still exists, and those looking for it would probably find it, but the governments are trying to make it so that innocent people that have no inclination to perform horrible acts don't run into it by "chance". And just like they did to Muslim extremists and violent ideas in that front, they are now trying to do in other areas.
- fxbl0i 8y agoI've been on the Internet my entire life and not even once I've seen something I didn't want or expect to see. It's simply not possible to force people to watch a several minutes long video or read a manifesto with dozens of pages, so I don't understand this sentiment.