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Why are you downmodding me? This is a valid point. At least have the decency to refute me if you think I'm wrong.

davidw 19y ago
I'll try: Yes, people need to be informed. But everyone who uses this site is good enough with a computer to find other sources of information without it being foisted off on us 'for our own good'. To scratch my own "do something" itch, I joined Democrats Abroad. If you really want to do something, sign up to volunteer for one of the campaigns, or something along those lines.
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byrneseyeview 19y ago
It is not a valid point. On 'Net Neutrality', Obama has sided with lobbyists from Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo instead of lobbyists from the telecoms. Which is great news, if you like voting for the guy who sits with the popular kids at the cafeteria. I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions? And another thing: why not be your only little net neuterer by cogently expressing the other side's views every time you advocate Net Neutrality? I think this would show that you really grasp the spirit of the law. Obama's open data position is nice, though. If he didn't belong to an Afro-centrist religious organization that lauded a notorious anti-semite (and if he hadn't been reluctant to join the group because they weren't racialist enough) I might even consider voting for him.
- dpapathanasiou 19y ago
  I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions? "Net Neutrality" doesn't refer to journalistic objectivism. It has to do with how packets are routed through a network: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
  - byrneseyeview 19y ago
    By inserting the term 'journalistic', you're refuting an argument I didn't make. I know net neutrality is not about being able to say what you want about political issues -- it's about whether a network is owned by the people who built it or the people who create content on it -- and the content guys have convinced you that it's some kind of moral struggle. Just reread the wiki article without reference to medium, and then explain to me why I should be allowed to purchase a pen and piece of paper, given that my ownership of a medium of communication would allow me to control what content is placed on that means of communication. It's a difference of degree, not kind.
- mwmanning 19y ago
  "I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions?" This demonstrates that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. You're either a troll or supremely ignorant. Either way, I'm done with this.

I'll try: Yes, people need to be informed. But everyone who uses this site is good enough with a computer to find other sources of information without it being foisted off on us 'for our own good'. To scratch my own "do something" itch, I joined Democrats Abroad. If you really want to do something, sign up to volunteer for one of the campaigns, or something along those lines.

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byrneseyeview 19y ago

It is not a valid point. On 'Net Neutrality', Obama has sided with lobbyists from Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo instead of lobbyists from the telecoms. Which is great news, if you like voting for the guy who sits with the popular kids at the cafeteria. I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions? And another thing: why not be your only little net neuterer by cogently expressing the other side's views every time you advocate Net Neutrality? I think this would show that you really grasp the spirit of the law. Obama's open data position is nice, though. If he didn't belong to an Afro-centrist religious organization that lauded a notorious anti-semite (and if he hadn't been reluctant to join the group because they weren't racialist enough) I might even consider voting for him.

dpapathanasiou 19y ago
I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions? "Net Neutrality" doesn't refer to journalistic objectivism. It has to do with how packets are routed through a network: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
- byrneseyeview 19y ago
  By inserting the term 'journalistic', you're refuting an argument I didn't make. I know net neutrality is not about being able to say what you want about political issues -- it's about whether a network is owned by the people who built it or the people who create content on it -- and the content guys have convinced you that it's some kind of moral struggle. Just reread the wiki article without reference to medium, and then explain to me why I should be allowed to purchase a pen and piece of paper, given that my ownership of a medium of communication would allow me to control what content is placed on that means of communication. It's a difference of degree, not kind.
mwmanning 19y ago
"I also don't understand why the Net part of Net Neutrality is important. What about Paper Neutrality, or Noise Neutrality? Should I really be allowed to write my biased opinions just because I own a piece of paper? Shouldn't there be some way to force me to express balanced opinions?" This demonstrates that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. You're either a troll or supremely ignorant. Either way, I'm done with this.