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To: babble-on
Don’t believe the BULLSHIT being spread about Net Neutrality, folks, it is a very positive thing for free expression on the internet.

Boy you have really swallowed some Kool-aid.

Please have a look-see into the group who is at the forefront of pushing net 'neutrality':

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7103

These people actually have the ear (and pen) of the FCC and are working behind the scenes to craft the FCC's 'neutrality' policy. They also advocate for the fairness doctrine and the destruction of capitalism.

Free expression? Quite the opposite. They want government control of ISP operations, so they can control the traffic, and who sees what. Whatever you're reading that lulled you into that false sense of security, you really need to scratch below the surface some more.
23 posted on 06/17/2010 11:23:51 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: bamahead
Boy you have really swallowed some Kool-aid.

It is the Flavor-Aid that has been drunk on the other side. There are actually a couple of issues here.

One, is net neutrality, that is, treating internet content equally, not putting up toll booths on the Internet, not treating an ISP's customers as leverage to milk money out of content providers. The only people against this are the ISPs, of course, and those who have drunk the Flavor-Aid from their multiple astroturf organizations and bribes to politicians.

The other is what net neutrality has morphed into, restrictions on content on the Internet. Note that this is exactly the opposite of net neutrality. It has morphed into this for two reasons.

One, the above astroturf organizations and paid politicians want to demonize net neutrality, so they simply lie about it, turn it into a conservative cause, and sheeple conservatives lap it up.

The other is that the Democrats want to control the Internet, and they see this thing that is popular with the people called net neutrality, so they take it and turn it on its head. Now they have a bunch of ideals, such as the fairness doctrine (which net neutrality would outlaw), and slip it into the public discussion as net neutrality. This way the people who thought they were for freedom by supporting anything under the net neutrality name don't even know they're supporting the opposite.

As far as any control over the Internet, it is an interesting choice. Do you want the government telling ISPs they can't do certain things, or do you want to be your ISP's bitch just because they have a monopoly on the last-mile?

Please have a look-see into the group who is at the forefront of pushing net 'neutrality':

Google and other content-providing companies who would have to pay billions to the ISPs to get their content to you are at the forefront of pushing net neutrality.

35 posted on 06/17/2010 11:47:13 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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