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Paypal Deals Blow To Freenet

Posted by timothy on from the other-than-that-how-was-the-parade dept.

hankaholic writes "I was checking into the latest progress of the Freenet project when I noticed a disturbing note on their homepage: 'Paypal has frozen the account we use to accept donations over the web, they refuse to give any reason other than "use of an anonymous proxy" [...] all of the projects subscriptions have been canceled which is a significant setback. Other means of accepting donations, including E-Gold, are still active.' Paypal is sending them a check for their remaining balance. The news update on the Freenet homepage also includes contact information for some people at Paypal."

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  1. Re:Not to ruin the parade by Tezkah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hey! If people start being able to speak their minds, they might do insane things like voting for third parties! That would be a terrible thing :(

  2. Re:Paypal has the right by br00tus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How can Paypal have rights, Paypal is a fucking COMPANY. It's sheets of paper and a stock prospectus. When people start thinking a non-living entity like Paypal can have "rights", you start seeing how people think how people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time who wind up in Abu Ghraib no longer have rights. That so many people argue for rights for these legal constructs controlled by a tiny elite (the wealthiest 1% or so), and on the other hand argue that so-called "illegal combatants" on Guantanamo Bay (a military base the US has in a country that has officially asked the US to leave) have no rights (or even Americans like Jose Padilla), you can see how degenerate the mentality of some in the US has become, especially among some of the white collar workers.

  3. OFFTOPIC - Your sig by Wraithlyn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your sig says, 'Never insult religion on Slashdot. You will be modded down for "Troll" no matter how factual your post is.'

    Why must a factual post be insulting then? An insult is a judgement on something.

    A troll is someone deliberately trying to provoke a heated response. I can see how pronouncing judgement on someone's faith could be seen as trolling, no matter the facts that led to it.

    I've found people on /. generally tolerant of religious observations, as long as you stay objective.

    Now watch me get modded down for being offtopic, despite labelling the topic as such and cancelling my Karma Bonus... ;)

    --
    "Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
  4. Re:Paypal has the right by spiritraveller · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Welcome to America, where immortal nonhuman entities have the same rights as human beings.

    Jesus, it sounds like the Matrix doesn't it?