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Ignoring the nonsense logic quoted here, the Internet does need crime because any medium that does not have crime does not have true freedom of expression. A s
by qq66 14y ago
Ignoring the nonsense logic quoted here, the Internet does need crime because any medium that does not have crime does not have true freedom of expression.
A street where it's impossible to be mugged is also a street that you cannot freely walk down with no restrictions. Something fundamental about the act of walking down the street would have to be removed for it to be completely free from crime.
Similarly, a computer that can't get malware isn't a truly general-purpose computer -- it cannot run an arbitrary program.
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- michaelfeathers 14y agoYes, I was surprised that this was not his argument.
- anonymous 14y agoNote also that "crime" is defined by the government. Tomorrow it could be a felony to suggest that The People's Fully Democratic Honestly Not Evil We Do It For The Children party's policies aren't quite in the service of the people.