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kudos:3 | reply to Karl Bode
Re: Karl? Quote: Cable industry gets confused over First Amendment right... "The cable industry's chief lobbying organization, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), believes that violating network neutrality is their First Amendment right."
Um, Karl, I know that you put some of your own take on these stories, but I seriously do not see how you're even treading on the first amendment issue in regards to the so-called net neutrality.
Right off the bat, I don't like anything being controlled when it comes to the internet.. they're pipes, and that's it. I also believe they DO have a right to meter their internet now that its evolving into more than just web pages as it was when things really started in the late 90's. With that said...
The 1st amendment is not a law of the land when it comes to how rules/laws are made in day to day life.. the freedom of speech is that of to the government.. There is no 1st amendment protection when it comes to business against consumer. There is, however, regulation that the government can impost on the people which is in the power of the government to exercise. If they want NN rules to be in place, damn it, put them in.. If the people want to sit back and not put pressure on their elected officials as the businesses do through lobbies, then we as people have no one to blame but ourselves.
The people can change things by speaking up LOUDLY and making it an up and front issue.. they can not re-elect these people again for violating the trust of the people that elected them (and they, as was said, need to stop clinging to guns and religion when they go to the polls - that was a valid point. People focus on the major issues and vote accordingly and as long as guns, religion, abortion, and other entitlements are on the line, that's how they vote)
The people need to wake up in this country or get what they're forced into.. But, I still don't see how this is a First Amendment Right. |
