On: US Government Censors 70 Websites

[joe_the_user]

I hate to say it, but looking at the list of sites that were blocked, good riddance

The problem is not never who blocked but how and why they were blocked.

Freedom speech only means something if it's freedom for those whose speech we dislike.

It's natural that those who are angling for wide-ranging control would start by attacking "the scum of the Internet". In this instance, being able to take down website essentially without due-process means that ICE has a tool which can be used on many other targets.

[_c66a → joe_the_user]

This isn't about freedom of speech, it's about freedom to sell stolen and counterfeit goods. You're trying to turn this into something it's not.

[sukuriant → _c66a]

No. Something it could turn in to without much of a stretch.