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user-inactivated  ·  3671 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Police raid Pirate Bay, site is down.

    It must be to scare most people away from it, or something like that. Maybe they're hoping that by showing off like this, they'll draw piracy away from the mainstream? That might make most people less comfortable with doing it.

It's been like this for years now. You're exactly right; it's just like public hangings back in the 19th century and earlier - they're exemplary punishments, meant to scare everyone else straight.