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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 6 Jul 2016

    Congress: We can only have Internet freedom after we make sure no Bad Guys™ are using it.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160701/18073734878/senate-funding-bill-state-dept-asks-it-to-figure-out-ways-to-stop-bad-people-using-tor.shtml …

    3:33 PM - 6 Jul 2016
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    • S Dot Hawkins (((hjsiii))) Meysam nobody Seamus Tuohy Steven Wayne 🇪🇺🇬🇧 Nick Schurch Lorax Horne shit.
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      2. Em 💤‏ @Baelzebae 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        We should stop selling cars till we can figure out how to stop criminals from driving to perform crime!

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @Baelzebae

        I prefer recommending we eliminate corporations until banksters stop using them to defraud the rest of us.

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      4. Em 💤‏ @Baelzebae 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        You'll never convince the masses of such complications. Sad.

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      1. Martin‏ @mshelton 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Airbags-a danger to every American. Sure, you feel safer with them in your vehicle, but remember, so do criminals and terrorists

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      1. Kelley Willis‏ @KelleyWillis 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        yet I see no legislation to prevent same w/ arms: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels-supplied-black-market-officials-say.html …

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      2. Gary McGraw‏ @cigitalgem 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        We need use of the evil bit to be mandatory! @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

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      3. Jeffrey Vagle‏Verified account @jvagle 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @cigitalgem @emptywheel @matthew_d_green

        CC @SteveBellovin

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      1. Angelo Vescio‏ @angelovescio 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @matthew_d_green do we need to wait for Bad Guy-free 7-Elevens or can we still use those while Congress solves armed robbery?

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      1. Christopher DeWan‏ @theurbansherpa 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        OK, OK, I'll log off now so the rest of you can have Internet freedom. Sheesh.

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      1. John Calvin Hall  🇺🇸‏ @johncalvinhall 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Hahahahaha......

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      1. SumRando Privacy  🙈‏ @sumrando 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think the USA Congress believes internet freedom means giving complete control of the internet to corporations, anyway.

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      1. EastPrussian‏ @Werner_CHZ 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @torproject @techdirt define what is a danger guy because you canbe danger if you have not the expec.meaning like gov. See Nazis

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      2. チャノロジー・アノニマス‏ @JapanAnon 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This is disappointing to see from @techdirt . We should be encouraging healthy skepticism...pic.twitter.com/QdMbaYlv0z

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      3. チャノロジー・アノニマス‏ @JapanAnon 7 Jul 2016
        Replying to @JapanAnon @emptywheel @techdirt

        ...not encouraging blind hero worship. Nobody is above suspicion, and everything should be questioned.

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      1. pizza for Room 641A‏ @bitscalpel 6 Jul 2016
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @matthew_d_green We could ask bad people not to use Tor. That might work.

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