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As much as I hate the ISPs, calling them terrorists is a bit too much.

jaggederest 13y ago
I'm just using a metaphor. It's all business, but the game theory version is that by even engaging with them here, you legitimize the tactics and have to continue to pay up every time anyone comes calling. Kipling has a cogent explanation of it in poetry form: http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html
strictfp 13y ago
Actually, the way I see it, further inflation in the word 'terrorist' can only be good.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  That sounds like something a word-terrorist would say.
mcintyre1994 13y ago
It is too much to compare them to what terrorists do, but let's face it - this could lead to more damage to the internet than terrorists could ever do.
- venomsnake 13y ago
  World economy as whole. This kinds of stuff just strangle innovation. Currently I am helping (remotely) a friend in US to move his startup (creating value in US) up to speed while bringing hard cash in my country. Both the startup and our workflow rely on the openness of the internet.
- cdash 13y ago
  I don't know. The word terrorism already doesn't mean anything anymore thanks the government and media so I think it fits just fine.
venomsnake 13y ago
Really? There are web pages of terrorists that use the ISP infrastructure to send and receive data. Guilt by associations was 3 or 4 hops according to Snowden files? Since the ISPs refuse to be common carriers it is their fault. (Mostly sarcasm)
cognivore 13y ago
Terrorist use terror to further their (often nebulous) ends. Comcast just terrorized me into seeing beloved intarwebs reduced to the absolute shithole that cable television has become. That's terrorism to me. I suggest we treat them accordingly.
Dirlewanger 13y ago
Masses of humans, whether it be the Internet or IRL, have a disgusting fetish for hyperbole.
- RankingMember 13y ago
  Easy there HITLER ;]

I'm just using a metaphor. It's all business, but the game theory version is that by even engaging with them here, you legitimize the tactics and have to continue to pay up every time anyone comes calling. Kipling has a cogent explanation of it in poetry form: http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html

strictfp 13y ago

Actually, the way I see it, further inflation in the word 'terrorist' can only be good.

sliverstorm 13y ago
That sounds like something a word-terrorist would say.

mcintyre1994 13y ago

It is too much to compare them to what terrorists do, but let's face it - this could lead to more damage to the internet than terrorists could ever do.

venomsnake 13y ago
World economy as whole. This kinds of stuff just strangle innovation. Currently I am helping (remotely) a friend in US to move his startup (creating value in US) up to speed while bringing hard cash in my country. Both the startup and our workflow rely on the openness of the internet.
cdash 13y ago
I don't know. The word terrorism already doesn't mean anything anymore thanks the government and media so I think it fits just fine.

venomsnake 13y ago

Really? There are web pages of terrorists that use the ISP infrastructure to send and receive data. Guilt by associations was 3 or 4 hops according to Snowden files? Since the ISPs refuse to be common carriers it is their fault. (Mostly sarcasm)

cognivore 13y ago

Terrorist use terror to further their (often nebulous) ends. Comcast just terrorized me into seeing beloved intarwebs reduced to the absolute shithole that cable television has become. That's terrorism to me. I suggest we treat them accordingly.

Dirlewanger 13y ago

Masses of humans, whether it be the Internet or IRL, have a disgusting fetish for hyperbole.

RankingMember 13y ago
Easy there HITLER ;]