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Honestly, is this any different from a company ninety years ago denying service to non-whites because it "could be perceived as encouraging the races to intermarry?

Yes it different, in degree, effect and legal status.

Not only that, it is extremely offensive to compare a company stopping another company using their service to download files with an evil social institution closely related to the lynching of people affected by it.



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