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I can kinda see why the punishment is so harsh for a form of communication that COs can't intercept or witness. I don't think Facebook should be suspending the

• rday 12y ago
  The punishments do seem extreme, but the why downvotes? Not everyone in jail is a drug addict who was affected by bad circumstances. Really bad people get locked up too. I only have this one link on hand, but surely it isn't an isolated incident. Communication is monitored for a reason. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/01/AR2005050100814_2.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05...
  • Navarr 12y ago
    Downvotes probably because HackerNews is very anti-censorship, even if it's in a field that's been censored since the beginning (they read the mail inmates send out, but making it punishable to use ways around that is somehow super bad?) They're clearly either not thinking about the people who are putting out hits by using their contacts through SNS or they are and going the "censorship is bad period." route, which is understandable. I wouldn't complain, but in this event it's actually hindering decent conversation. shrug It is what it is.