2 edits | reply to mmmbop
Re: AT&T - BellSouth merger "It's not free, everyone pays to connect to the internet"
That's not what I was referring to. I was referring to being able to do what you wanted without endless restrictions, advertising, etc, never mind the inevitable government boot on our necks because of phishers, crackers, malware pushers, identity theves, etc.
Jeez...Doesnt ANYONE know how to make distinctions based on context and how words are used? They just dont teach much of anything in the screwels today, do they?
"I don't think the internet is a wasteland, whatever is put on there is on there because someone is paying the bandwidth bill so it stays. You wouldn't happen to be affiliated with China's internet policy laws, would you?"
If you take the time and look, you will find endless pages that haven't been updated in years, but are still up even though they have obviously been abandoned and are wildly out of date and useless.
Just WHO then, is paying for them? Since many of them are on free sites? You know...The ones that gave you a free page on their server. Like Freewebs, Freewebz, angelfire, etc...?
And, just what part of the concept that your rights to do whatever the hell you want stop where my rights to be secure and free of criminal activity begins dont you understand?
You are actually saying that criminal activity that affects all of us is just peachy because the criminals paid for their connection? I think maybe it would be wise for you to rethink your position.
And, the bit about china was kinda stupid, dont you think? |
