Posted on 08/15/2011 2:37:28 PM PDT by magellan
Is access to the Internet a "civil right?"
Each individual's answer to this question is generally dependent upon a variety of factors — political affiliation, geographic location, economic status and the like. While one side of the debate claims that high speed broadband access is most certainly a right that everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, should enjoy, others disagree.
Really, the entire debate is focused upon the "haves" and "have nots" (i.e. the people fortunate enough to have access at home or in their local communities and those who do not have the ability, for a variety of reasons, to be digitally connected).
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Whatever happened to a library?
The argument that Internet access is necessary to participate in the economy (find a job, etc.), could be made for owning a car or having a subway pass.
Never. There are other public ways to become informed. Even public libraries have Internet connections. It is just silly to classify Internet access as a “human right”.
If a person can purchase a computer and pay the bioll, sure. Don’t expect me to pay for some moocher wanting a government sponsored freebie though.
Amazing. And we mere citizens don’t have a civil right to see the records of the fed, or any of the Obamaloon’s faked credentials?
Look at who’s payin’ an’ who’s gettin’ and you’ll see that this is nothing more than another Obama reparations scam.
Why not! Lets just throw that ol’ Constitution right out the window. We seem to not need it after all. (is a sarc tag really necessary?)
They should not be required to pay for ANYTHING.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
It is just silly to classify Internet access as a “human right”.
...and INSANITY, once you factor in the finances.
Where does it stop. First you need a structure, then you need electricity, then a computer, then access, phone line (more expense) cable, satellite, DSL, wireless, etc. More and more expense. The above includes monthly bills totaling what could be thousands of dollars depending on the structure. Certainly in the hundreds when house payment, electric bill, internet access, is added up.
For what? The only justification I really have for the tremendous expense, is it is needed for work. My job and that of my wife require access for work orders, job changes, completion paperwork, new job availability, and on
and on. When we aren’t using it for work, there is time for other aspects of the internet, such as a better news source than the MSM. The ultimate when someone asks a question, just a minute, I’ll look up the answer on the internet.
If High speed internet is a right, then so is the house to go along with it, not to mention all the other mentionables.
***It is just silly to classify Internet access as a “human right”.***
During the Cliinton Years, his appointed man Henry Cisineros claimed air conditioning was a constitutional right for the poor.
Anybody that wants to claim their inalienable right to air conditioning can go collect it - in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska.
Anybody that wants to claim their inalienable right to heat can go collect it - in Greenland Ranch, California.
Anybody that wants to claim their inalienable right to air conditioning can go collect it - in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska.
Anybody that wants to claim their inalienable right to heat can go collect it - in Greenland Ranch, California.
Anybody else with inalienable right ideas can pound here:
A Civil Right? NONSENSE.
"Are we digitally connected now?", I asked raising my middle digit.
Exercizing a fundamental right can not obligate someone else to provide something. Housing is not a fundamental right as someone would then be obligated to provide it. Same with WiFi.
Right to life, liberty and persuit of happiness does not obligate anybody to provide those. Freedom of speech and to bare arms does not obligate anyone to listen or give you a gun.
NO!
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