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americus 2.0 · 03-24-2019, 11:24 PM

(03-24-2019, 07:25 PM)B2hibry Wrote:
(03-24-2019, 05:13 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Would you want the general public reading a manifesto that "promotes murder and hate"? You never know in this day and age who will get a hold of it and decide to further the cause. Sometimes people already have the idea, they just need motivation and/or inspiration.

From 1999-2014 there were over 50 school attacks/plots for school attacks that were all inspired by the Columbine Massacre, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and/or a combination of the three. Who knows how many since 2014?

As crazy as things are these days with radical left- and right-wing and other extremist groups gaining ground, the world doesn't need a manifesto floating around publicly to stoke any fires. As it is, one reason the crazy dude shot up the mosque and murdered those folks did it to stir up 2nd Amendment rights issues here in the U.S. NZ and the rest of the world doesn't need his crazy spreading.

I would want people to read whatever they like, with zero government filter. It’s simply a government power play in NZ. Saying that this could just be the push someone needs to “copycat” is not fair to the root issue, which is hate and mental instability. You best believe this loons manifesto is not the worst thing that you may come across on the internet. Heck, we have politicians and media outlets in the US that do a good job of propping up hate and violence against certain classes. Ban CNN? Ban Facebook? Ban Google? Ban Twitter? Ban Snapchat? So when does the filtering start and end?

I see your point and actually agree with you but I still have a problem with this crap being out there for easy reading.

Stuff like this is where I get stuck with how I view things from a personal standpoint vs how I see it politically. Personally I don't think anyone should read the manifesto for many reasons, and I definitely wouldn't. On the other hand I agree that people should be able to read what they want.

At my age I can see how wrong things can go when you fill your mind with garbage. I've seen it destroy some members of my family and I've made poor decisions in my distant past as well because I let the wrong things influence me unknowingly at the time.