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A thought experiment regarding the "just quit" argument:

You're placed in a room with a person who is raving about homicidal fantasies. A gun is placed in the middle of the room. You don't think they should have access to this gun because of their statements. Is the solution to:

1) leave the room

2) try to get control of the gun before they do

Facebook is a tool, the same as that gun.

>>sixstr+(OP)
This is a bad thought experiment, because a solution could be to empty the gun and then to leave the room.

>>bhl+Wb
You'd have to gain control of the gun before them in order to empty it.

>>sixstr+(OP)
You can certainly make a case for facebook being a weapon, but you could just as easily make a case that it's not. This is a terrible thought experiment that has us assume the former without considering the latter.

>>dnissl+Is
I didn't mean to make the case that Facebook a weapon. I even said

> Facebook is a tool, the same as that gun.

But I chose a weapon to try to show something with high impact that is simple to understand.

Try it with an unhappy neighbor, a tree on your property line and a set of garden shears.