It's a big part of the Trump MO, isn't it. Pass punitive laws, allow those affected to plead and bargain for exemption. An extortion racket, basically, home and abroad. Government by personal caprice. (View Post)

On that timeframe things went downhill about when I joined. Troubling thought. I hope it was coincidence. (View Post)

Well eg the point we were discussing - the drop in porn use? Harder to see suicide material? Harder for kids to access vile stuff? Or adults for that matter. It wasn't done gratuitously for no reason. (View Post)

True. I suppose it's like in life generally. Just as I can't conceive of a world before I was born I can't see PB before me as being real. It just doesn't compute. But in both cases I know it did exi… (View Post)

The tone on here is more strident, more Reformy, more populist and less Centrist Dad (outdated term btw) than at any time since I joined in 2018. So that's flat out nonsense, I'm afraid. (View Post)