On Oct 31, 2017, at 8:47 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, as I said earlier (perhaps it's futile to repeat, but wth), democracy depends on the ability of the electorate to speak about and understand the issues being decided. So when a nominally democratic country attempts to censor the internet, it makes sense to protest. This is the whole point of having laws, and particularly laws that protect freedom of speech. It's quite commonplace for democratically elected leaders to attempt to suppress speech, because it is often inconvenient for them. This is normal. If we were to not protest when such attempts at suppression occurred, it would be normal for them to succeed. That is why it makes sense to protest. Protesting an attempt to suppress speech is not something that only needs to be done un non-democratic countries; indeed, in non-democratic countries, it's somewhat futile. |