
| Msg # 20 of 12811 on ZZUK4448, Saturday 8-22-25, 12:39 |
| From: JNUGENT |
| To: MAX DEMIAN |
| Subj: Re: As predicted. VPN ban incoming, |
From: JNugent73@mail.com On 21/08/2025 02:49 PM, Max Demian wrote: > On 20/08/2025 17:07, Norman Wells wrote: >> On 20/08/2025 16:02, Mark Goodge wrote: > >>> As far as that's concerned, I'm sure there are campaigners who won't be >>> satisfied with anything less than 100% effectiveness. And they will, of >>> course, be disappointed. But that's no different to road safety >>> campaigners who think we should prevent 100% of all RTA deaths. That's >>> impossible, too. >>> But that doesn't mean we can't usefully reduce the number of deaths. >>> Nobody is arguing that because we can't prevent 100% of RTA deaths, >>> there's no point trying to even reduce them. The real debate is >>> about how best to reduce them, and what are the best ways of going >>> about that. >>> >>> Similarly with preventing kids seeing porn. We can never have a >>> system that makes it completely impossible. There will always be some >>> way round it. But that doesn't mean it isn't possible to reduce the >>> number of kids seeing porn. > >> You mean like giving them the vote and sending them off to play down >> the polling station instead? > >>> Whether age verification is the best way of addressing that is a valid >>> debate. But nobody is crazy enough to suggest that because something >>> isn't 100% effective, there's no point even bothering to try. > >> The problem is that it it's those who can and will get round it who >> are more likely to be those you want to stop. > > I don't see why anyone should be stopped from doing anything on the > Internet. Conspiring to cause explosions and commit mass murder? > If parents want to restrict their tots that's down to them. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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