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by ypcx 3946 days ago
No, no government should ever be able to do this. Why? Because when you track it down to the person getting the switch flipped, it is always someone with an interest not serving the whole, a.k.a. private interest. And the government should serve the whole, otherwise it is oppressing a part.

And in regards to your argument — the longer you keep the immune system from exposure to a threat — the longer you allow the threat to evolve and become even more dangerous. Let the people learn what is hoax and fake. Yes, they are perfectly able to do that.
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Sven7 3946 days ago
The threat is a large mass of illiterate people being riled up by inflammatory rumors they see on their phone. They aren't the kind of people who know what the words "fact check" means.

Add to that a semi-educated police force and you end up with 3 people dead and a whole bunch of public infrastructure burning.

If you are in government, you don't really have the option to call the protesters in to have a nuanced debate.

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selimthegrim 3946 days ago
I look forward to Gujarat experiencing, like Punjab, the tender mercies of AFSPA (sarcastic, I don't wish that law upon anyone)
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prateek_mir 3946 days ago
This is not a lot of oppressed people standing up for their civil rights. The issue is very different than that. More over, the size of crowd is way to large for the law enforcement to handle swiftly.

This is not a flashpoint event, huge number of people were mobilized from the neighboring states for the main rally that took place before the violence broke. (the number of people gathered there were more than 100K, and this will a very conservative estimate)

In such a politically charged environment, the spamming ease becomes a real threat to the law and order, and above all, to human lives.

I would very much like the system to evolve, but not at the expense of innocent lives.

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