You're Doing it Wrong

So, apparently the EU is sick of people's freedom to be assholes and is seriously mulling over banning "hate speech" on the intarwebs.  Well, its been fun knowing all of you.

 Why do people insist on giving money and power to governments?  For those of you who don't know, this is how governments work (its called the Politician's fallacy):

1. There is a problem
2. Somebody should do something
3. We are somebody
4. We should do something

"Oh, look!  The internets are full of tough guys!  They say mean things about gays, breeders, minorities, majorities, semites, anti-semites, semi-semites, children, the old, the stupid, the too-smart, people we like, Belgians, etc, etc.  We must Do Something™!"  Thus "hate speech" becomes something somebody should do something about, and governments become that somebody.

Everything eventually comes under the purview of governments this way.  Unless you don't give them unlimited power and money to them.  Hmmm, where have I heard that before?

But, as the european people are fast becoming cattle on the politician's farm, they are well on their way to serfdom.  Is it not surprising that the islamic fascists see this weakness as an opportunity to gain power?

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