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Paypal Deals Blow To Freenet
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."
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.