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No one (in this thread at least) is suggesting that information shouldn’t be available to people who are seeking it.



<<I struggle to see how that's a bad thing. Most people don't need to be coincidentally picking up bomb-making information.

I might be misreading this, but to me this sentence reads as 'this information does not belong anywhere where normal people roam'. It is possible that "shoulnd't be available" is making me read it this way.


Are you familiar with the word “coincidentally?” Not trying to be rude.


It means 'by chance' and no worries. I am not a native speaker so it is a reasonable question to ask.

"<<I struggle to see how that's a bad thing. Most people don't need to be coincidentally picking up bomb-making information.

I might be misreading this, but to me this sentence reads as 'this information does not belong anywhere where normal people roam'. It is possible that "shoulnd't be available" is making me read it this way. "

I will attempt to translate your argument and hopefully clarify mine. Please correct me as needed.

You seem to be arguing that while no one is arguing that the information should not be 'somewhere', one should not be able to simply stumble on it. To that my obvious question is 'why not', because we sure seem to have a lot of otherwise offensive items that one could stumble upon by chance ( for example, some would object to a tattoo magazine being readily available in public view ). Why is personal mutilation ok and applied chemistry is taboo? Why one can be picked up coincidentally and the other not? Can you give me the line that allows for that decision to take place?

And although the question is qualified with "most" and "coincidentally", the verb 'need' clearly indicates that you do not believe it is information that should be available. The previous sentence indicating struggle how this could be a bad thing only reinforces that impression. This forces me to interpret this message as "I do not believe it is a valid need that should be available, say, at a local kiosk."

Hence my real question: who gets to decide what is kosher ( and if it is not kosher )?

I would not dream of suggesting it is me, because my tastes are not that of the general population.


I’m not even arguing one shouldn’t be able to stumble upon it. Certainly no one should be the arbiter of such a decision. I’m saying it’s not a problem that they don’t. In the same way that it’s not a problem people don’t come across, say, pictures of baby Pygmy hippos (specifically) in their day to day life.

And honestly the lack of serendipitous baby Pygmy hippos is a much bigger problem than the absence of bomb making instructions.




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