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		jimnotgym on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Parliament passes Online Safety Bill > You misunderstand. Nice, start with an insult! > they don't have to navigate around that pesky 4th Amendment. They got around that in the UK already by not having a 4th Amendment...or indeed a written constitution. > They do it so they have a massive backlog of information, This implies a level of competence I do not recognise in the UK government.

kentrado on Sept 20, 2023 [–]

In which universe, is that an insult? You are assuming malice.

jimnotgym on Sept 20, 2023 | [–]

You told me I misunderstood the facts, and implied therfore that I was naive. It is a classic 'forum' pattern, that people accept, but they shouldn't. It is a kind of sly underhand way of calling someone dumb

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