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I think this specific suit is valid, but it does raise questions about where the line should be drawn.

I vote no line. I grew up on a small farm. I was near large farms. There are some very dangerous chemicals that have been used in terrorist attacks that are in large supply on almost any farm. Freedom of speech and freedom of information is greater than any safety, especially since with the darknet and the ability to do basic research such safety is minimal at best.

As much as I hate to admit it, there is such a thing as dangerous information.

Partial censorship in the government's favor has been vastly more dangerous than information in the hands of the masses. Thus I rather have the info without the censorship.

To quote someone who actually put his money where his mought was...

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

Thinking about issues in completely binary terms is not taken seriously by policymakers who balance a host of competing concerns.

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