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Comment by jsdevtom | original | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
[−]jsdevtom · 2026-08-30 Sun 11:30 UTC · link
The fact that these bureaucrats think they have a right to add age-verification to information is ludicrous in the first place. This should be as much non-news as 'Lawmakers unanimously decide death is legal'.
[−]lee_ars · 2026-08-30 Sun 12:02 UTC · link
Lawmakers—contemporary and otherwise—have in fact decided many many times that the state can deprive you of your life as punishment for certain crimes.
[−]lcnPylGDnU4H9OF · 2026-08-30 Sun 13:17 UTC · link
I believe what parent commenter is suggesting is that it would be ridiculous for lawmakers to call it a crime to die, say without verifying you are of the legal age to do so. It would be like declaring that breathing is legal: why does that need a proclamation?