>Why is it seen as an obvious truth that we should allow every single person onto the Internet, without ever being able to remove them? What does it mean to de

>Why is it seen as an obvious truth that we should allow every single person onto the Internet, without ever being able to remove them? What does it mean to deny someone? If an OS provider, browser provider, internet provider, and website all agree to give someone the tools necessary to access a given website, why should you get involved? At the same time, if you want to run your own site who limits who can join, you should be free to do so. Many communities I'm a part of do this already (normally by limiting behavior, for example a forum for a given game only allows discussions related to that game, someone who keeps bringing up unrelated topics will find themselves under a series of increasing lengthy bans). If you want to build your own protocol and only let those you deem the cool kids use it, then you are free to do so. >Why is it seen as an obvious truth that we should allow every single person onto the Internet, without ever being able to remove them? Put simply, we never had the choice because we didn't build the internet. The ones who did have the choice choose to open it up as wide a technically feasible. We don't get a say in this case, but we are free to make our own case where we can have a say.