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That's a bad analogy. Networks are more akin to social spheres, especially if they are "sub-networks" like Tor.

Imagine you walk into a hotel. There's a guy in the lobby with a visible gun on his hip, and he's not a cop. The elevator opens up and someone's getting a blow job from a hooker. There's a dead roach in the corner. Would you stay there? With your kids?

It's not a question of should or shouldn't. What I'm saying is that normal people will run away screaming from a network that's full of child porn. They won't use it. As a result, it loses its utility for non-creepy but legitimate uses like political expression. The swimming pool is yellowish and stinky.



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