Jeff Jensen wrote: > No, I don't want the government messing up more things. Its policies > create more problems than they solve. > > The free market will take care of this issue better than anything. > > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:30:15 -0500 > Tom Poe <tompoe at meltel.net> wrote: > > Jeff Jensen wrote: > >> I agree. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:41:14 -0500 > >> Harry Penner <hpenner at gmail.com> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > >> > > Really? You want corporations to control the content > >you have access to > > on the Internet? > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > Well, Jeff: This is where we part ways. Your free market crashed and the global economy is in ruins, as a result. Your chief architect, Greenspan, apologized for not realizing the free market won't police itself, and pure greed would cause ruination, rather than moderation. You're welcome to your beliefs, but if you think the owners of our airwaves are going to let corporate greed control our airwaves, you're fighting a whole lot of the world population. Tom