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I know, in theory you can have a law for everything. For example, in the Soviet Union basic electronics such as radios were restricted and you were not allowed to tune your sets to western stations.



You can also have a total free for all. Murder, kidnapping, etc, all legal.

See? I can do it too.


I don't think a database or a computer murdered or kidnapped anyone. I mean, a computer which runs the B-tree algorithm and talks with the rest of the internet according to a bunch of loops/if/then/else statements is not exactly an assault rifle.

But yes, everything can be banned eventually. We'll just go back to living in the cave.




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