Harry Penner wrote: > At the risk of flames: the Internet as we know it has flourished in > large part because its original sponsor, the federal government, has > mostly left it alone. Why do we think adding government regulations > to it will make it better (or preserve the freedom we enjoy on it)? > Generally speaking, doesn't regulation take away freedom rather than > increasing it, by definition? I'm no futurist but it seems to me that > putting restrictions on the big guys is likely to affect us little > guys in some unforeseen but unpleasant way. > > Sorry if the above sounds trollish but I just think we should be > careful what we ask for. With companies you can usually vote with > your feet to try to change or avoid their bad behavior, but > regulations are usually universal and forever... And the regs will > surely by written by people not nearly as close to or as thoughtful > about the problem as we tclug'ers... > > Seems to me we ought to show up and tell the FCC to keep their paws off us. > > -Harry > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:52, Brian <goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com> wrote: > > >> There will be a hearing on the Net Neutrality here in the Twin Cities. >> >> >> http://savetheinternet.com/mnhearing >> >> >> I am not associated with this, just thought people would be interested >> to know. >> >> ==>brian. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > Harry: Good question. Another way you can ask the question: Do we want corporations to control the content offered on the Internet, or do we want government to step in and make sure corporations don't even attempt to control the content we can access? You can ask that question, and probably answer it quickly, eh? Tom