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PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account
rysiek writes "Remember MailPile, the privacy-focused, community-funded FOSS webmail project with built-in GPG support? The good news is, the funding campaign is a success, with $135k raised (the goal was $100k). The bad news is: PayPal froze MailPile's account, along with $45k that was on it, and will not un-freeze it until MailPile team provides 'an itemized budget and your development goal dates for your project.' One of the team members also noted: 'Communications with PayPal have implied that they would use any excuse available to them to delay delivering as much of our cash as possible for as long as possible.' PayPal doesn't have a great track record as far as fund freezing is concerned — maybe it's high time to stop using PayPal?"
Nice strawman there. You probably wouldn't strongly prefer to live in any of Somalia's neighbors with governments either, such as Ethiopia. Whenever someone brings up Somalia in a government related argument, they are more or less screaming "I AM A DUMBASS!"
This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Yes. Stop driving on public roads, using your tap for water, sewage pipes for drains/toilet, and purchasing inspected food. The city will be by shortly to remove your streetlight and disconnect your electricity, water and sewage connections.
I've got a better idea: how about I continue to use any and all services, while not paying the government a fucking cent?
Which is exactly what I'm doing.
And I sleep perfectly soundly at night.
Especially since my house has no water, power, or sewage "connections" to a goddamn thing. Those services are handled by my generator, my well, and my septic tank. On MY property.
Don't try to cheat by "camping" in one of our public parks.
"Our"? You mean mine. I own that park.
When your house catches on fire, make sure you have lots of buckets of rain water (no tap, remember?) to put it out, because the fire department will only come by to make sure your neighbors' houses are safe.
You mean IF my house catches on fire. I guess I will just have to take personal responsibility and be careful to prevent that from happening. Oh, the horror!
If you get robbed, then I hope you are home, armed and a better shot than your robber, because the police won't stop to help.
The police aren't there to help you anyway, dumb ass. If you can't personally protect your home from robbery, then it's time to reevaluate your life, weakling.
Better yet, instead of inconveniencing us, why don't you just move to your own Ayn Rand/Libertardian paradise of Somalia, DRC, Sudan or Chad? There's no government to speak of, so you'll get everything that's coming to you.
Or better yet: when the corrupt, fascist system you've helped to build and depend on collapses, people like you will die the death you so richly deserve, while others like me who are prepared can then convert this back into a free country again.
Also, go fuck yourself. Loser.