* Appeal to morons, a key voting block of the current government
* Appease all sorts of crazies from the religious to the billionaire tabloid owners.
* Allow selective prosecution of people the government wants to make an example of
* Distract from the total failure of government policy in basically every area (defence, energy, foreign affairs, trade, treasury, education, health, transport, justice and others).
I read an article a while back that said adults don't learn or change their opinions, old people just die and new people who learned as kids gradually come to be the majority. I don't know true that is, but I think it's very true for anything internet tech related. We just have to wait 50 years (Ill be dead by then) and it will be common knowledge all these claims are BS. At least that's my source of hope.
* Appeal to morons, a key voting block of the current government * Appease all sorts of crazies from the religious to the billionaire tabloid owners. * Allow selective prosecution of people the government wants to make an example of * Distract from the total failure of government policy in basically every area (defence, energy, foreign affairs, trade, treasury, education, health, transport, justice and others).