Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: templar
Without regulation and regulatory standards there would be no practical use of the airwaves at all. Why do you think the FCC was set up to start with?

My car is licensed by a state, and insured under state regulation. Yet I can drive anywhere in the U.S., and in Canada, too. No "chaos."

States, and nations, for that matter, are very capable of harmonizing regulations. You logic would allow the U.N. to claim regulatory supremacy over anything potentially transnational.

28 posted on 02/07/2004 4:44:21 AM PST by eno_ (Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies ]


To: eno_
Yet I can drive anywhere in the U.S., and in Canada, too. No "chaos."

So you're suggesting that there is no need for (uniform) traffic laws? You use an example of a very highly regulated activity producing no 'chaos' to suggest that no regulation is needed? Maybe we should get rid of all traffic lights and stop signs, that's just two of the thousands of regulatory devices, and see what happens. Get some common sense into your thinking.

BTW, this (use of the airwaves) is covered under international treaty. Has been for a long time. I don't see where the UN figures into the argument at all, and I don't see how arguing in favor of the wisdom of regulating the airwaves provides any 'logic' that gives the UN any part of this discussion.

30 posted on 02/07/2004 7:40:02 AM PST by templar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson