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So, like Java?

I'd say the case was good to highlight the absurdity of it. And sometimes speaking your mind has a cost.

Let's not conflate fundamental rights with programming languages.

|And sometimes speaking your mind has a cost.

Wait, you think this was acceptable? The fine for speaking is outrageous, and it will only get worse if it turns out it's not enough of a deterrent.

Let's just say there are worse ways of paying it and that speech in this website is limited as well

> Let's not conflate fundamental rights with programming languages

If you r_smart you should have noticed the jest in this statement

|If you r_smart you should have noticed the jest in this statement

It's my name. I make no claims about my intellect :)

It didn't read like a joke to me, and rereading it as a joke, it seems like, at best, a quip. I stand by my previous sanctimonious tone.

edit: Oh, and lastly, a small curtailment on free speech is the first step to a large one. Why wait until it's illegal to complain?

That's the point of free speech: the state shouldn't put a cost on speaking your mind.