Re: Microsoft: one step forward, one step back

On 6/27/2024 5:33 PM, Joel wrote:

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

On 6/26/2024 3:23 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

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Think about what a sick monster he [Richard Stallman] really is.  He would rather videos
of your child being raped remain available on the Internet because in
his warped brain it's 'censorship' to destroy them.

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I understand his position though I disagree with it.

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You "disagree" with it?
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Something's really, really wrong with you if you have anything but a
visceral, almost violent response to a demon like Stallman.
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Grow a pair and condemn the foul creature in the strongest terms.  If
Biden said something like that you'd call for him to be jailed.

  I'm not certain Stallman implied that such a video should not be
removed.  Do you have a cite on that?

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13 January 2011 (Censorship in Vietnam)
Vietnam has imposed stiff censorship on the Internet, following the example of China.
[Reference updated on 2018-02-15 because the old link was broken.]
The EU could be next. There is an EU proposal to require filtering of the Internet to block "child pornography". ISPs are fighting against it.
The article surrenders the first battle for freedom of expression by granting that "child pornography" ought to be censored somehow. It raises only the question of what method will really work and avoid collateral damage.
When making pornography involves real abuse of real children, those who distribute it under a business relationship with the abusers arguably participate in the abuse. They could be prosecuted for doing so. However, that does not excuse censorship. No matter how disgusting published works might be, censorship is more disgusting.
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https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jan-apr.html
I just wrote him asking for some clarification about this issue.