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Wed Jan 14 20:45:54 UTC 2015 <dub> Prime Minister Manuel Valls saying that freedom of speech should not be confused with anti-Semitism, racism and Holocaust denial.
Wed Jan 14 20:42:20 UTC 2015 <dub> oui oui will defend the freedom of expression with our lives. Condoning terrorism! off with your head
Mon Jan 12 06:41:54 UTC 2015 <ben_vulpes> <benjamindees> [] Just consider that, when Satoshi said "gain a new territory of freedom for several years," he had a reason. Bitcoin is not the end-all-be-all of systems. Mining may not be a long-term solution. But inflation is non-negotiable, regardless. << who are you again?
Sun Jan 11 22:37:27 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> <benjamindees> Just consider that, when Satoshi said "gain a new territory of freedom for several years," he had a reason. Bitcoin is not the end-all-be-all of systems. << that's not the reason he had. here is the reason he had : http://trilema.com/2013/digging-through-archives-yields-gold/
Sun Jan 11 22:34:54 UTC 2015 <benjamindees> Just consider that, when Satoshi said "gain a new territory of freedom for several years," he had a reason. Bitcoin is not the end-all-be-all of systems. Mining may not be a long-term solution. But inflation is non-negotiable, regardless.
Wed Jan 07 23:24:51 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> freedom is this, not something else.
Sun Jan 04 19:38:49 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> "rights = just like freedom, except when you might need them or wish to use them. then they're like a cock up your ass."
Sun Jan 04 17:51:03 UTC 2015 <adlai> and if morality is part of the question... deep down, i'm one of those software freedom zealots. not quite to the point of GPLing everything i write, but yes to the point of sharing my work.
Sat Jan 03 21:09:28 UTC 2015 <decimation> lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - de Tocqueville
Sat Jan 03 17:52:25 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> asciilifeform: the freedom of the semiconductor belongs - not! to the fellow with the factory - but the one who controlls the entire process stack << so much bull. and i suppose the freedom of the press belongs to conde nast, because mp can't write a blong and it can't be more widely read than mashable because wikipedia won't admit to it and that matters. o.O and okay...
Thu Dec 25 21:53:32 UTC 2014 <thestringpuller> mircea_popescu: nigger is one thing, that's like freedom of speech << for some reason the Chappelle show skit that involved a white family with the last name "Niggar" came to mind.
Thu Dec 25 21:39:10 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> nigger is one thing, that's like freedom of speech and shit like that. but saying the bad about mpex and shit ?
Thu Dec 25 03:55:31 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> the freedom of the semiconductor belongs - not! to the fellow with the factory - but the one who controlls the entire process stack
Thu Dec 25 03:55:10 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> the old saw about 'freedom of the press' belonging to the fellow with the press;
Thu Dec 25 03:54:45 UTC 2014 <decimation> yet there's just enough 'freedom' to make the little people think that they actually control something
Tue Dec 23 21:01:09 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> and it's what generally happens whenever a state claims to be "protecting rights". it's not protecting anything, it's stealing freedom and issuing in its place token "rights". which, much like its paper currency, are fiat worthlessness.
Tue Dec 23 21:00:30 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> trading a freedom for a right is always a bad deal.
Tue Dec 23 21:00:20 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> in any case : a freedom is something the people have, and the state can't take away. the rights are constructions that the state gives, and so the state can take away.
Tue Dec 23 20:59:00 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> i wonder how many people noticed the subtle change from freedom of speech to an alleged "right" of free speech.