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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.978s | source
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AlienRobot ◴[24 Aug 25 20:07 UTC] No.45007320[source]▶
The most insane thing about this headline is that implies parents are giving their children devices with unfiltered access to the Internet and then the government needs to play wack-a-mole with every single website they come across to prevent children from accessing it.
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mr_toad ◴[25 Aug 25 02:20 UTC] No.45009605[source]▶
The most insane thing about western society is the tendency of a lot of the populace to abrogate all responsibility to the government.
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1. leobg ◴[25 Aug 25 08:44 UTC] No.45011683[source]▶
That’s the hallmark of socialist countries. It used to be that where in Eastern Germany people would look to government for a solution, those in the West would start a business, or learn a new skill, or read self help books. Nowadays, the self help books are read only for entertainment, and people look to government as the solution to any problem, no matter where they are, or how individualistic and free market they call themselves as a nation.