* on the Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:22:47PM +0100, Silvan Gebhardt wrote:
I mean, there is not only "child p..." anymore, we begin to see the collateral damage, on wikipedia or now this try, I remember reading about germany asking to block online gambling sites next - what comes next?? Perhabs the hacker tool sites get blocked in germany?
Yes, the bloody aim does not sanctify the means. If you want to stamp out kiddie porn, you've got to do it with legal and democratic means, you can't just turn to inherently fascist devices like "censorship" (or torture, or coercive detention or data retention or whatever other sick ideas of GESTAPO- or STASI-vintage might crop up) to achieve that. The damage to democracy, the constitutional state and the society at large will be devastating.
And we've fucking seen to where this "culture of prohibition" which is so terribly en vogue nowadays (ban smoking! alcohol misuse! drugs! bullterriers! firearms!) ultimately leads. No thank you, Sir.
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