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The west is learning fast from the east (meaning east europe) :) The communist countries were setup in such way that everybody living a normal life was definit
by cHalgan 15y ago
The west is learning fast from the east (meaning east europe) :)
The communist countries were setup in such way that everybody living a normal life was definitely breaking some law. Hey even using a fax machine was illegal (but companies needed to have it to operate a business).
So, to get you, the government (and some random state company) needed just to put you on the list and you are arrested.
- StavrosK 15y agoThat's brilliantly demented.
- dollarsigns 15y agoThat is already the case: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/3044794/How-we-all-break-the-law-every-day.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/3044794... It is difficult to ignore the thought this is the perfect censorship mechanism with built in plausible deniability. Should I continue to entertain it, the next logical thought is that this is how "official news agency" propaganda organs will be established to address your 'anticipated' complaint of "then how am I supposed to know what to click on?"
- hahainternet 15y agoIf you can get hold of it, I recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556 http://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/...
- sid0 15y agoYeah, arbitrariness in enforcement defines totalitarianism, I think.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoI always think of John Adams' quote: "It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, "whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection," and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever." If you are damned if you do and damned if you don't, what's the incentive to be in the "don't* category?
- eneveu 15y agoThere's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. - Dr. Floyd Ferris, Atlas Shrugged