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		JoshTriplett on Nov 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" fro... > It's not governments that make stupid decisions, it's people; take the decision away from government, and someone else will make those stupid decisions, but stupid they will be. Except that only a government can make me care what they decide.

gnaritas on Dec 1, 2011 [–]

> Except that only a government can make me care what they decide.

Simply not true; it's just that only they can do it legally, but to even say legally, you need a government to enforce legality.

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