I have doubts that illegal material is posted on
Freenet. After all, I haven't seen any illegal
material, I've only heard rumors about it. However,
if there is illegal material on Freenet it's my belief
that this material is posted by
governments/organizations hostile to the goals of
Freenet and not retrieved by the legitimate users in
the Freenet community. Even if the material is
retrieved by someone I am sure it is by these same
hostile governments/organizations in order to spread
FUD about Freenet. Are my beliefs unreasonable? I
don't know, a lot of people believe in UFOs, crop
circles, invisible beings dressed in white with wings
that help people, mysterious men in black, secret
government conspiracies, etc. In this context my
beliefs seem to reasonable to me. To suppose that an
accused's state of mind isn't a defense is laughable.
It's also ridiculous to argue that people have the
right to communicate without government oversight,
except on the internet. Let me say that I only use
Freenet to communicate, anonymously, legal information
and because there are no better alternatives. Unless
your position is the government has the right to
monitor ALL communication. I don't find that position
funny at all but downright scary instead.
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