FTC is on the Warpath Again
June 30th, 2011 - 5:30 pm
First they came for the AT&T,
and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t like AT&T.
Then they came for Microsoft,
and I didn’t speak out because I was a Mac guy.
Then they came for the internet service providers,
and I didn’t speak out because my employer put a T1 in my house.
Then they came for Twitter,
and who the hell thinks that’s a good idea???
If my hair wasn’t cut to within a half inch of my scalp I’d be pulling it out right about now….
I know PJTV frowns on gratuitous use of profanity, but in this case, no other word suffices. Who the FUCK do these people think they are?! This is nothing but small man insecurity writ large. They are incapable of creating, so they want control of what their betters have wrought. Bleep, bleep beepity bleeping bleep that pisses me off.
I need a drink. Or 12.
Way ahead of you on that last bit.
No doubt sir, no doubt.
I do not get these social networking things at all. I just do not. I like my privacy. I do not want the world knowing my business. I do not seek my 15 minutes of infamy. Guess I am too old.
So, I cannot help you, Mr. Green. So sorry.
Yep, hard to get excited about Twitter, or FaceBook. If you are going to shout look at me, you should not be suprised when they look at you.
Net neutrality started as a perfectly valid technical concept: all bits are created equal, which is blind to content. Then, the guy who named it (but didn’t actually come up with it) co-opted it to push a completely unrelated social engineering agenda: all content is created equal, but some is more equal if we say so.
Most conservatives opposed to net neutrality see only the conspiracy, not the untainted freedom-of-traffic concept. Don’t let the left blur the line! This is an idea with merit, and it’s far too important to abandon the principle just because the present implementation is corrupted.