I hadn't heard of Operation Choke Point (and the name seems so weird to me that I had to check it online to see if it was real or not!). I agree that these laws are often used as umbrella restrictions, as "legislation creep". Instead of restricting one specific thing, like money laundering, they bring in generalised laws which can then be used to ban quite innocuous things. They are often introduced in response to a very serious incident, so most people applaud them and don't see the wider dangers.
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You failed to mention if it was real, what did you find, just so others will know? Yes, you are right about "legislation creep", we have a bunch of creeps turning out a bunch of legislation that on the surface looks somewhat reasonable but is then used in a totally different fashion than the way it was sold to us.
There have been a bunch of false flags here that have led to knee jerk reactions in the forms of such legislation and then it is to late, the horse as left the corral as they say.
Yes - sadly it was real. And oh yes, I am well aware of those "legislation creeps" haha.
Thank you, you have saved others the time of fact checking me. Sad, but true on this. It seems like "Sad, but true." is becoming a more frequent response that people are being forced into using when it comes to political things.
Something interesting, your comment I am replying to didn't show up in my "replies" list, and Ginabot didn't pick it up either, I wonder what is going on with that, are you flying under the radar for some reason?
That's very weird - and worrying! I hope I'm not flying under the radar... if so, it's not deliberate. And I hope I'm not missing other people's comments if they're not appearing in my "replies" list.
It finally showed up, about an hour after I remarked about it. Things must have been running slow and getting the blocks all lined up in the chain or something like that... I don't know... but you are flying strait now.
That's a relief!