1 edit | I don't think any other comments are needed in this thread.. The 1st Amendment, which is part of the even broader Bill of Rights, of the US Constitution is for freedom of speech and assembly. Even if you want to twist it freedom of speech still has its limits such as yelling fire in a crowded theater, perhaps one may say capping would limit ones' freedom of assembly which is definitely covered in that amendment.
But if they want to play by those abstract rules a counter argument can arise from the US Constitution itself in the form of the Commerce Clause. So once congress, by the will of the people, passes this legislation authorizing the FCC to regulate Net Neutrality corporate and other state entities should shut their pie whole. |
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| said by Uncle Paul:Is a business considered a person? unfortunately, yes. some ruling from the 1880's gave corporations the right of an individual. |
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| said by nasadude: some ruling from the 1880's gave corporations the right of an individual. And none of the responsibilities. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| said by TheWickerMan:said by nasadude: some ruling from the 1880's gave corporations the right of an individual. And none of the responsibilities. QFT. Can I get an Amen!
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to Dr Demento
"....perhaps one may say capping would limit ones' freedom of assembly which is definitely covered in that amendment."
No one is doing that.. and an ISP is not the Government, to which the 1st applies.. an ISP is not telling you that you can't "say" what you want.. by the way, too many people REALLY go out of their way to stretch the 1st.. the stripper industry likes to play the 1st Amendment card all the time saying that nudity is a form of speech.. last time I checked, speech is something that comes from your mouth or is printed on paper, not your boobs. but I digress.
But, to your argument about capping.. that too I don't agree. Many ISPs have talked about a fixed amount of data use with overage fees... this is nothing REALLY that much different that the phone company has done for the majority of it's existence either. We have it now with out cell phone service.. you get so many minutes, and then you pay X amount over.. how is this any different? EVEN if they did say "you get 250 GB a month, and that's it" which they're not talking about, I still don't see how it's limiting someone's speech.. to "limit one's speech" is to control what is said.. not how much of it or charge for it.. there is a major difference.. |
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jaminus
join:2004-10-14
Arlington, VA | reply to TheWickerMan
Businesses pay taxes on income don't they? |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | reply to TheWickerMan
ya beat me to it |
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | reply to jaminus
nope their customers do |
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