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• On the post: X And Canada Fight Over Takedowns And They’re Both Wrong

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36am

  2 sides of the coin

  OTOH I dont like one country making rules for everybody. But otoh I dont like that a corp can tell a country "FO this is the internet so you dont get a say". As if the internet is its own jurisdiction outside the borders of any law.

• On the post: Charlie Kirk Doesn’t Deserve What’s Happening To Him

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 15 Sep, 2025 @ 03:24pm

  that never worked

  “I think it’s worth it,” he said. “I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It’s rational.” If you use a gun to defend your rights when a cop is abusing them you will be dead.

• On the post: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages Of Fraud. Records Show Three Of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2025 @ 10:05am

  he lied

  According to the AP she listed that condo as a vacation home, not primary residence. Maybe he assumed she committed the fraud because thats what he would do.

• On the post: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages Of Fraud. Records Show Three Of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2025 @ 10:03am

  He lied

  According to the AP she listed that home as a vacation home on her loan application. Maybe he assumed she committed fraud because thats what he would do.

• On the post: Trump Administration Now Murdering People In International Waters Just Because

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2025 @ 01:17pm

  he can now murder anyone at any time

  All he has to do is append the word terrorist. Soon he will be killing peta-terrorists, eco-terrorists, and maybe people disrupting traffic.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 08:38pm

  its kind of moot

  If a company doesnt have a local presence such as offices, workers, or bank accounts, then the country has no power to enforce any court order. They can say they are fining them, but its not going to be possible to collect it. IANAL but I think 4chan and kiwi could have just ignored the email, but perhaps they think its worth a few bucks if they can get a US court to embarrass the UK court.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 08:32pm

  compliance is legitimate??

  You say "It is perfectly legitimate in principle for other countries to set other standards and to compel compliance with those standards." Ok then what if it was China? Would you still think they had a right to compel compliance with their internet rules? Saying every country has the right to regulate the entire world wide internet is ridiculous.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 09:43am

  taking vs giving

  I think it could be argued that the sites didnt publish anything in Britain, but instead British subjects reached across the pond and read stuff that was posted in America. Blame your own people.

• On the post: When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 09:40am

  how it gets decided

  Hopefully this gets decided based on constitutional law and not merely on the technicality that they were incorrectly served notice.

• On the post: Federal Grand Jury Refuses To Indict DC Sandwich Thrower

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2025 @ 10:41am

  Federal prosecutors failed three times to persuade a grand jury to indict a woman

  This should not be allowed. You fail to indict one time and that should be it.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2025 @ 07:35am

  ok

  Now I want a shirt with the constitution on it.

• On the post: When Copyright Enters the AI Conversation

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2025 @ 08:53pm

  lose lose

  Seems like AI is a loser on both sides. First they are liable for copyright infringement for the training, and then anything they create cannot be copyrighted so it can be taken without compensation.

• On the post: Trump Admin Warns States They’ll Lose Billions In Broadband Grants If They Try To Make Broadband Affordable

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2025 @ 09:46am

  whats the point then?

  I dont see the point of broadband grants if they arent allowed to make broadband affordable. What else could it legitimately be used for?

• On the post: Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start Locking Up Homeless People

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2025 @ 03:09pm

  life sentence?

  If homelessness is a crime how do they ever get out of incarceration? They are still homeless, unless you consider jail a home. And if and when they get out will they be immediately arrested because obviously they have no where to go?

• On the post: Trump’s $10 Billion WSJ Lawsuit Over Epstein Article Reveals His Lawyers Can’t Read Good

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2025 @ 08:14pm

  not really the same

  CBS folded because the merger was worth far more than the payout. WSJ isnt in that same boat afaik.

• On the post: Dem Senators Use Epstein Scandal To ‘Pressure’ Trump FCC To Drop Bogus Inquiry Into CBS

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2025 @ 02:14pm

  wth good will that do?

  This isnt helping anyone but CBS and they dont care. The $16M they paid is not coming back, and they are getting their merger. Giving in on Epstein is only helping Trump and the GOP.

• On the post: Oregon Appeals Court Says Bullet Cartridge Matching Is Just More Junk Science

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2025 @ 11:57am

  the point

  An inconclusive means the bullet markings dont match the gun it was fired from. If it doesnt match the gun it was fired from then it is possible that it could match some other gun that it was not fired from. Too many inconclusives proves that markings arent conclusive in general.

• On the post: The Washington Post Makes It Easier For Powerful People And Companies To Undermine Its Reporting

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2025 @ 07:10am

  I dont think this is new

  Its always been common courtesy for newspapers that are reporting on someone to ask that person if they have any comment on it. Im not seeing how this would be new.

• On the post: The Supreme Court Just Discovered Nationwide Injunctions Are Bad—Right As Trump Needs Them Gone

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2025 @ 01:03pm

  the remedy for no nationwide injunctions is

  class action lawsuits instead of individual lawsuits.

• On the post: The Supreme Court Just Discovered Nationwide Injunctions Are Bad—Right As Trump Needs Them Gone

  

  Diogenes ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2025 @ 03:19pm

  retroactive?

  Does this quash all previous nationwide injunctions?

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