If aggression is normally used by murderers, robbers, and tyrants, and that is normally "not okay" -- do you believe there are cases where it IS okay, as long as we voted on it first?
As far as I understand, WhatsApp is not conducting any activities in Brazil.
There are people in Brazil who have downloaded the application, and those people are connecting OUT to WhatsApp, which is operating in America.
So all the Brazilian government can do, is BLOCK its own people from accessing WhatsApp through the Internet.
The question is, should the Brazilian government have the right to block websites that it doesn't want its people to be able to see?
Ultimately that's a problem for Brazilian domestic politics, and also a greater issue of human rights. After all, that's how we describe it when discussing the Great Firewall of China.
He wouldn't owe any taxes. At least, not any income tax. The coins were worthless when he first mined them, and so there wouldn't have been any tax due.
If he were to sell the coins now, he might incur a capital gains tax, depending on where he lives.
Spooner's essays on the Jury representing the whole people (not merely the majority), and the criminal intent, are among the most important political writings. Comparable to Bastiat's "The Law." I recommend "The Lysander Spooner Reader" -- and make sure you read it all.
Frankly I don't really believe anyone is educated enough to even have an informed discussion on politics if they aren't familiar with the arguments presented in those two books.
First, law enforcement catches and successfully prosecutes pedophiles all the time. It's called "good old fashioned police work" and it doesn't require violating our 1st, 4th, and 13th amendment rights.
Second, how on earth is Obama going to force me to stop using crypto, except to threaten me with violence for using it? Perhaps the government will start to license programmers, and prosecute those caught writing software without a license? (Don't laugh -- they already license hairdressers, marriages, and dogs.)
I just got onto Twitter to post this article along with a tweet saying something like:
"Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but then actually they'll use it to censor ordinary Germans talking about New Year's Eve."
I WAS UNABLE TO TWEET IT!
Whenever I started typing "New Year's Eve" the character limit would turn red, even though I was within the limit.
Then I realized: my VPN was in Europe! They were already censoring my tweet!
I had to switch my VPN out of Europe, AND clear my cookies, before I was able to tweet about it.
This is no joke -- it was a really creepy feeling. And the White House is moving now to impose the same censorship in the USA?
It's torch-and-pitchfork time. We need P2P social media immediately.
Before Uber and Lyft, it was nearly impossible to catch a cab from downtown to South Austin, since everyone was fighting over the cabs and the cabbies would refuse to drive to South Austin. It was a nightmare.
Those city council members trying to make things difficult for Uber and Lyft need to be tarred and feathered.
He discovered evidence of unconstitutional (illegal) actions by those in government, with the potential to lead to an Orwellian society. He took on significant personal risk and made a huge sacrifice in order to inform the public of this government wrongdoing.
He fled because there is no chance of a fair trial. (You can Google the specifics, but he wouldn't have been able to present his case at trial -- not that he should be facing a trial in the first place, since he is a whistleblower, not a spy.)
He turned over the data to responsible journalists to make sure it was vetted properly and the public could be safely informed without jeopardizing national security.
He's a patriot and a hero. The fact that he is still living in Russia and being treated like a criminal by the U.S. government, instead of receiving a medal in the USA, is a strong indictment of our government and clear evidence of our ongoing loss of freedom.