• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      10 hours ago

      If you buy a house, it is illegal to set it on fire. It is also illegal to pump infinite molten lead into the soil under your house. It is also illegal to spray aerosolized asbestos out of the chimney of your house 24/7.

      You still own the house.

      • CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca
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        2 hours ago

        If I buy a book, it is not illegal to destroy it. Your analogy doesn’t work. You are talking about acts that could affect the health and well being of others.

    • tquid@sh.itjust.works
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      14 hours ago

      Think of it like the difference between pulling your car’s registration info and tracking your car across thousands of Flock cameras. At some point, scale is qualitatively different.