Iceland may ban MasterCard, Visa over WikiLeaks censorship - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;26691189]This is probably going to do more harm than good, people won't like to know that their MasterCards and Visas are useless because the government wants to play white knight on foreign affairs/shit that doesn't concern the country. If they really want to support Wikileaks doing stupid shit might as well just block trade with USA.[/QUOTE] Iceland: We block our trades of some fish to you. What you gun do bout dat.

They're not trying to "kill" them. They just made a smart move by backing out to avoid this international mess.

[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;26701668]They're not trying to "kill" them. They just made a smart move by backing out to avoid this international mess.[/QUOTE] yea and the people who are taking down sites are from 4chan so you cant say every supporter is like that. also they stopped doing that anyways

[QUOTE=jeimizu;26697831]I like this chain of banning. Who's going to ban Iceland for banning Mastercard for banning Wikileaks now?[/QUOTE] Australia

Can't pay EVE with Mastercard now. Fuck.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;26693933][i]may[/i] ban Mastercard and visa. And since when is the money used by credit cards been money on their account? Do you know how credit cards work? They're pretty fucking retarded to be honest.[/QUOTE] What about Debit cards?

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;26689042]But it isn't one man. If it were one man we wouldn't know about it. Julian Assange wouldn't be anything without the hundreds of people leaking documents to him. Or hundreds of people telling thousands of people about it (Journalists.) It really is a contributed effort.[/QUOTE] If he wouldn't have created Wikileaks those leaks would probably not have happened.

Finally someone doesn't have their fucking dick being manhandled by the US. [editline]15th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=GunFox;26696834]Injustice? Where is the injustice? They were two companies that didn't want to risk getting caught up in a legal shitstorm. Do they not have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason? Are they going to be forced to serve everyone? How is that justice?[/QUOTE] Power to the people, FOR THE CREDIT CARDS!

[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;26714359]What about Debit cards?[/QUOTE] Debit cards are completely different-- they link to a bank account, where people spend money they actually own. Mastercard nor visa has debit cards so I don't understand what you're trying to get at by challenging what I said about credit.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;26715264]Debit cards are completely different-- they link to a bank account, where people spend money they actually own. Mastercard nor visa has debit cards so I don't understand what you're trying to get at by challenging what I said about credit.[/QUOTE] My debit card is also a mastercard so I can pay by credit, but it takes the money out of my bank account rather than useing credit.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;26715264]Debit cards are completely different-- they link to a bank account, where people spend money they actually own. Mastercard nor visa has debit cards so I don't understand what you're trying to get at by challenging what I said about credit.[/QUOTE] I have a Visa Debit card

It's okay because they're shutting down corporations who didn't do anything illegal because we disagree with them

I have never heard of a visa debit card. Where I am from, when someone refers to a debit card, they are referring to a bank card. I do not know visa or mastercard as banks.

[QUOTE=MovingSalad;26716434]I have never heard of a visa debit card. Where I am from, when someone refers to a debit card, they are referring to a bank card. I do not know visa or mastercard as banks.[/QUOTE] They aren't banks. The debit card is issued by the bank, but the card can function as both a credit card and a debit card. This allows you to use the card anywhere that credit card is accepted because you have access to that network. It's very much the norm inside the United States and has effectively completely universalized our debit and credit card systems within the United States.