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by inigyou 18 days ago
Surely that depends on the motivation for the ban.
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No. When someone says you’re not welcome, you’re not welcome. Regardless of the reason.
If I get kicked out of Epstein island because I refuse to **** a child, that doesn't make me a bad actor.
And then going there 1 million times under fake identities? Yeah, I'm sure that's not a bad actor.
Thank you, you get it.

Either you get shown the door because you refuse to take part in unethical behavior, in which case you wouldn’t want to return anyway. Or you get shown the door because you’re simply not welcome or because YOU are the unethical one, in which case no means no.

I’m sure someone will be able to come up with some kind of edge case where this logic doesn’t work, but that doesn’t matter. This is about websites saying no to agents, bots, and scrapers. And no means no.

What if I'm a journalist trying to expose what's happening on the island?
Ever heard the phrase that the exception proves the rule?