You can't guarantee Freedom by taking it away. It's just completely contradictory. 'Free' does not mean 'safe'. It means 'free'. The very act of making laws to to force a choice on to someone takes freedom away. If people don't value safety or security online, then they won't pay for it, therefore businesses won't provide it. You may have a different value judgement, but it's not your place to decide that it is the correct value judgement, and force at gunpoint on someone else.
And if you want to punch him in the face because you can't make a valid counter-argument, well that's your problem. Being a dick in a free society is not likely to be rewarded positively.
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You can't guarantee Freedom by taking it away. It's just completely contradictory. 'Free' does not mean 'safe'. It means 'free'. The very act of making laws to to force a choice on to someone takes freedom away. If people don't value safety or security online, then they won't pay for it, therefore businesses won't provide it. You may have a different value judgement, but it's not your place to decide that it is the correct value judgement, and force at gunpoint on someone else. And if you want to punch him in the face because you can't make a valid counter-argument, well that's your problem. Being a dick in a free society is not likely to be rewarded positively.