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by bcjdjsndon 1 day ago
> think of it in terms of graph theory perhaps, edges and nodes and all.

So we should ban letters as well because of all the badness they facilitated? Lots of crime has used telephones, we should also ban telephones yes? Because graph theory's etc?

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again, bad faith argument.

as you said, the internet isn't being banned, so why would you stretch what i said to mean "ban letters"? sending letters to minors might require age verification if it were a real problem, you already need to verify your age to open a cell service, children can't sign up for mobile plans. you're trying to make this about something it's not so you can win an argument, I don't care who wins the argument, let's solve the problem. Your whataboutism doesn't have solutions attached to it, only winning of internet points.

> The internet is just a "road", except it connected everyone. sex, violence, extortion, slavery, you name it.

The internet doesn't cause slavery. It's facilitates it in the sense that its a communications network. To say THE INTERNET caused slavery is like saying telephones cause drug dealing because dealers use phones to contact drug users.

> sending letters to minors might require age verification if it were a real problem

Lol