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  1. Comment - Net Neutrality Measure Fails in House

    (Jun 9, 2006 - 4:54 PM)

    GENERALLY SPEAKING it's laudable to protect information from commercialization. Newspapers keep the financial and editorial departments completely separate, to help eliminate bias.

    The Internet, the net-neutral Internet, will completely change the culture, because everyone has a voice. That is not profitable. Businesses will profit by selling more visibility to the established media -- with the side effect of reducing the free flow of information.

    Net neutrality will increasingly put our culture in the hands of the people; businesses will sacrifice this, for profit, and keep our culture in the hands of the few.

    Does anyone think Christmas sales starting before Thanksgiving is a GOOD thing for our culture? Hah.

    Wren

  2. Comment - DOJ Wants Internet Usage Records

    (Jun 2, 2006 - 1:54 PM)

    "This is an invasion of our privacy!"
    "But we need it to fight child porn!"
    "Ick! Go right ahead then!"

    Yeah, right, they need it to fight child porn hah. They start the wedge there, because nobody is willing to stand against a reductin in child porn. Then they will begin to use the information ubiquitously.