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>Why is it seen as an obvious truth that we should allow every single person onto the Internet, without ever being able to remove them?... Because it is obviou

>Why is it seen as an obvious truth that we should allow every single person onto the Internet, without ever being able to remove them?... Because it is obvious. Everyone should be able to access the internet. Now, do the various internet communities have a right to ban people they don't want around? Yes. Absolutely. However, that's not "gate keeping", it's more accurately called Freedom of Association and the government is implicitly restricted from denying you such freedom via the First. (Provided you are in the US.) And, yes, Freedom of Association is wonderful. That's why we're not subjected to child porn, or nut jobs gunning down little old jewish and black ladies at worship, or 7 year old girls being disemboweled. Etc etc etc. If those people want to share their content, they can, they just need to do it in their own community where the rest of us don't have to see it. Because they are, mercifully for the rest of us, generally banned from our general communities. I guess I'm just hoping that what you meant was that people should be able to remove others from their community. Not that people should be able to remove others from the internet. (Although a lot of that stuff, I mean, I wouldn't lose any sleep if it became unavailable tomorrow. I'd probably cheer in fact.)

y4mi 7y ago
Uuh, that kind of content is legal in the USA? Are you sure? I mean it's a pretty common theme in your movies and shows for people to be incarcerated for owning that kind of content. But I'm not American... So I guess I'm just surprised. It's thankfully illegal where I'm at.
- bilbo0s 7y ago
  Let me be clear, the child porn is illegal here in the US. Thankfully. But yes, there are people in the US who post the video of their pet terrorists blowing away some old lady in a church or temple or mosque or what have you. It is not strictly speaking, illegal here. Neither are the death videos no matter how objectionable. To make matters worse, most of these low-lifes tend to congregate in the same well known places, which also host, you guessed it, child porn. So a community of real winners all around. All I was saying was that people like that should be kicked out of communities that aspire to cater to regular people. But they should not be kicked off the internet. As disgusting as their proclivities may be, they do still have Freedom of Speech. I just don't want them speaking in the places I frequent, and thankfully, the proprietors of those places agree with me in that regard. That's why Freedom of Association in a place like the US is extremely important. People and organizations have to be free not to be associated with that sort of content. It's as important as Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression actually.

y4mi 7y ago

Uuh, that kind of content is legal in the USA? Are you sure? I mean it's a pretty common theme in your movies and shows for people to be incarcerated for owning that kind of content. But I'm not American... So I guess I'm just surprised. It's thankfully illegal where I'm at.

bilbo0s 7y ago
Let me be clear, the child porn is illegal here in the US. Thankfully. But yes, there are people in the US who post the video of their pet terrorists blowing away some old lady in a church or temple or mosque or what have you. It is not strictly speaking, illegal here. Neither are the death videos no matter how objectionable. To make matters worse, most of these low-lifes tend to congregate in the same well known places, which also host, you guessed it, child porn. So a community of real winners all around. All I was saying was that people like that should be kicked out of communities that aspire to cater to regular people. But they should not be kicked off the internet. As disgusting as their proclivities may be, they do still have Freedom of Speech. I just don't want them speaking in the places I frequent, and thankfully, the proprietors of those places agree with me in that regard. That's why Freedom of Association in a place like the US is extremely important. People and organizations have to be free not to be associated with that sort of content. It's as important as Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression actually.