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		janalsncm 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a... > Isn't this the same question as, "why should we allow general purpose computing?" I don’t think so? It’s not illegal to call random people on your phone, but if you do it millions of times per day with a computer it can be illegal.

jMyles 8 months ago [–]

It seems to me that harassment is similarly offensive regardless of the degree of automation.

...and it's not obvious that transmitting bytes (within frequency and bandwidth protocols) is ever justly criminal; they are trivial to ignore.

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