I only block users when they directly harrass me. I don't really care if we disagree but if you're following me around to different threads. You're getting blocked.
You have to remember that the people who post comments on news articles are not average. Look at any English news site article and its full of the most bottom of the barrel idiots. The majority of people don't comment on things like this.
Its not just about pirated content it's about censorship from the state. Do you think China will have no issue with all of the things hosted on the archive that directly go against their ideology? Host in a country that isn't a totalitarian state.
Thats entirely hypothetical and unprovable