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To be fair - the guy has people literally photoshopping dicks on his face and other horrible things. This is considerably less overt "mocking" than that - and i
by joelrunyon 9y ago
To be fair - the guy has people literally photoshopping dicks on his face and other horrible things. This is considerably less overt "mocking" than that - and it's more at the outrage, not people individually.
Even if you think it's a horrible decision, I think he's allowed to make his case in an internet culture way.
If people get outraged enough at this, maybe this will be the impetus for people and startups to aggressively go after ISPs? You saw that happen when the T-mobile/AT&T merger failed, T-Mobile got competitive and is one of the major reasons you don't have 2-year contracts on phones anymore.
I'm not sold it's a great idea, but the people claiming Armageddon seem to be overplaying their hand.
- TsomArp 9y agoPeople are doing that because he is a piece of sh*t that has sold the American people to corporations (I am not American).
- TsomArp 9y agoThanks for the downvote Ajit!
- dang 9y agoPosting uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments will get you banned here. You've done this more than once, so please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this. Whether you're right, and what the topic is, don't affect the need to follow the site's core rules.
- socceroos 9y agoSo many apologists appearing out of nowhere. It's almost like a paid campaign.
- joelrunyon 9y agoYes. I am definitely paid. Totally anonymous. Hard to find any records of me online. Very astute observation.
- vorotato 9y agoYou don't have to be paid to be a sucker. For clarification, by sucker I mean someone who is losing something in an exchange without getting anything in return and thinks they somehow got the upper hand in a situation.
- Spooky23 9y agoIt doesn’t matter. As a public servant you serve the people, period. Your conduct matters and the perceptions created by your conduct matters. Whatever his position on the issue, Mr. Pai is out of line for mocking the citizens that he serves. It reflects a lack of class and reinforces the perception that the FCC is not serving the interests of the people.