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Comment by YayCommunism | original | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
[−]YayCommunism · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:58 UTC · link
Once you know how easy it is to make a gun using parts from a hardware store the concept of banning it becomes a joke.

It’s like trying to ban wrenches.

Lever and tube - that’s what it is. People create makeshift ones even when it’s legal to buy them, because it’s cheap and easy to do so.

You can’t ban computers or personal transportation or words either.

You can’t even ban a person from a website. You can ban an account - but you haven’t stopped the person. Any attempt at playing arbitrary authority you’re gonna lose