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Typical ham-fisted conservative/authoritarian approach to something which isn't even a real problem.
by beedogs 13y ago
Typical ham-fisted conservative/authoritarian approach to something which isn't even a real problem.
- warfangle 13y agoPlease defer to Hanlon's Razor.
- makomk 13y agoThe current Conservative government defies the assumption behind Hanlon's razer; their malice and stupidity are one and the same, because so much of the harm they've done is the result of maliciously-held views that cause them to do really stupid things.
- arethuza 13y agoI think you are being rather generous thinking that any of the main UK parties does anything on the basis of principle - even malicious principle. All they seem to do is conjure up a stream of policies to target particular target segments of voters based on what the relevant media organizations and/or minor parties are creating a fuss about that week.
- warfangle 13y agoObviously the stupidity I'm referring to is the hubris in thinking anyone could build a filter for such a thing and _not_ have disastrous false positives.
- makomk 13y agoYou're assuming that they consider the false positives to be disastrous (and that they consider them to be false positives in the first place). That's not necessarily a safe assumption.
- warfangle 13y agoI assume the simplest answer until proven otherwise. To do otherwise is to invite chemtrails.