[–] OldManJohnson 0 points 59 points 59 points (+59|-0) ago
You could make a legitimate argument that /pol/ is the most effective Intelligence Agency of the modern era.
[–] fusir 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is one argument for making cp legal. If 4chan got their hands on it they would catch every producer. CP is ultimately documentation of a crime. They don't ban film of robbing a bank. The court's argument is there is no reason why the public could want access to that kind of material. Yeah there is. It's documentation of a crime and that makes it of particular interest to the public.
The other is that if you wanted to maximize the production of cp you wouldn't change any policy. D=CV*min(1,FR/FV)-CR. FR, being risk on non-paying parties has to be non-zero for their to be a functioning media market. This is why copyright policy exists. This is why when they made it a felony offense the production rate skyrocketed.
If you make it legal (but exempt it from actual copyright) all the people who make it will not make money, and second all will be caught by 4chan. What you do is you still make it technically illegal to exempt it from actual copyright but then don't go after it like some states do with marijuana thus not replace that copyright with a stiffer felony form.
[–] TXPatriot_73 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
You could also argue that the crash reconstructionist made those estimates on /pol/. You never know who might be lurking.
[–] SIayfire122 0 points 36 points 36 points (+36|-0) ago (edited ago)
Just imagine what /pol/ could do if they had access to the same resources and data that the government does.
You'd have thousands of autists combing through papers and videos, cross referencing everything, just to find a thot who doesn't pay her taxes and her illegal boyfriend.
You'd have entire teams dedicated to solving mysterious cold-case murders just for keks.
Others would compile detailed lists and charts of every statistic they could think of, such as accurate crime data and every law that raised or lowered a particular stat.
Still, others might commit to auditing every police force just to see how much they get from traffic tickets and civil forfeiture.
[–] Cant_Call_It ago
thot
It killed me to press the check mark confirming that's what I meant to spell. Stop using nig words.
[–] OldManJohnson 0 points 23 points 23 points (+23|-0) ago
/pol/ works better because they have access to far more computational power than any centralized government.
A bunch of random assholes sitting at computers, some of whom are intelligent, some of whom are not. Everyone spews out shit.
Some people say worthwhile things, others do not.
Yet through the chaos and the clamouring, the best manages to rise to the top.
Weaponized autism is a powerful force in modern politics.
[–] WD_Pelley 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Imageboards should be the new intelligence agencies, I truly believe that. They are much more effective and they're funnier.