U.S. Considers 'Internet Access for All'

TechNewsDaily ^ | January 28, 2010 | Leslie Meredith

[EveningStar]

Good lord. :(

[SJSAMPLE]

It’s a human right.

[EveningStar]

Basic human right, my ass.

[Tonytitan]

What’s going to be delivery system? Cable, DSL, satellite?

[chickadee]

Basic human right? I’ve lived long enough that the world now seems totally absurd. I shall go lie down.

[brytlea]

Heck, anyone can go to Panera or Starbucks are many other places and get free internet access.. What is wrong with these people?

[AbeKrieger]

Cool, and we can hand out 3G-enabled laptops for the homeless, public electrical outlets so they can charge the batteries and all!!!!

What the F. Seriously, the government should assist with BASIC food, BASIC shelter, BASIC medical care and access to public education. Everything else is a luxury item, especially anything that runs on electricity, batteries, or fossil fuels. Enough with the basic rights - I have listed all of them above. Everything else falls under pursuit of happiness - emphasis on the pursuit, which implies effort.

[bgill]

What’s going to be delivery system?

Your taxes.

[The Great RJ]

Somebody obviously will have to pay for his “free” access. Likely those of us who currently buy our own broadband service will be taxed so others can get it free. Ain’t this hope and change just great.

[Erik Latranyi]

The idea by liberals here is to call internet access a “human right” in order to devalue other “human rights”.

[MrEdd]

Actually, with cell tower broadband replacing wire and cable, this is something even more insidious.

Government claiming credit for something already being accomplished.

AT&T petitioned to get out of the landline business last month. Verizon began following suit this month.

If you turn the lights on you can follow the sleight of hand.

[Domandred]

Would have a hard time living without my high speed internet, but I’ll trade that for removal of all gun laws any day of the week.

[swain_forkbeard]

I hope not. For your sake.

[wastoute]

I get such a laugh out of these progressive yokels claiming that such and such or some other thing is a “right”. Tell me who is going to provide for all these new “rights” to be met? Once again we will have to default to only rights that require nothing of someone else. “Rights” cannot incur an obligation in another human being. Period. End of story.

[Nepeta]

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[AbeKrieger]

An innocent child in the womb - no rights. A criminal suckling at the teat of society - air conditioning, internet access, no personal responsibility, and a free home in an upscale neighborhood. Welcome to Liberal Agenda Island.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Bad idea, once they “give” it they can justify controlling it

[goldstategop]

Free Internet for all! What's next - free electricity and water?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[swain_forkbeard]

I’m in favor of rare, old Scotch whisky being a basic human right for me.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Heck, anyone can go to Panera or Starbucks are many other places and get free internet access.. What is wrong with these people?”

What about public libraries? Before there was an internet, when books were the major vehicle for dissemination of information, were books all free? No, they weren't. But we did, and do have public libraries. The same concept should apply.