Topeka Changes Name To 'Google' In Lust For Fiber > GREAT P.R. Stunt, Google!

reply to fiberguy

Re: GREAT P.R. Stunt, Google!

I believe I stated that.. but it still doesn't matter.. and how do you know that the people of that town WANTED to have the name of their town changed to that of a commercial entity? You don't have to answer that.. the fact of the matter is that they didn't ask the town's people... did they? They didn't put it to a vote, did they? The small few person body that makes up the counsel did this on their own.

The fact is that MANY people don't like these things messed with.. if someone tried to change the name of Minneapolis with out asking the people that live there for permission, you better believe there would be an uproar. Towns have history and to simply change the name of it with out asking or thinking it through, in the minds of anyone REASONABLE, would find this VERY objectionable.

And... yes, it does step on people's rights..

While we're at it.. I hope Washington DC changes their name to Comcast just to get them to lay fiber to the home..

Okay, if you want to talk about history, how about the fact that this town did change its name in 1998 to ToPikachu in honor of Pokemon. This isn't the first time that the community to Topeka has done this, and the mayor who did this was re-elected so clearly it didn't offend the citizens there enough to kick her out.

Every community is different in this regard. This is why we need to differentiate between national, state and local governments. If the state or federal government made a mandate that forced them to do something, I could understand the outrage, but SELF-governance isn't the same thing as BIG government.

Um... it's ALL "self governance"... be it local, state, or national... or did you not read the Constitution? "We the people" does hold a lot of meaning in this state.

Look, I'm not going to go into the science of how people get elected, nor do I feel this topic needs to continue of any further. But, just becuase someone gets re-elected doesn't mean that the people approved of every single thing a politician did... GW Bush anyone? Many people, even in his own isle, didn't approve of the job he did, but he got a second term..

So let's drop this now.. or, you're welcome to continue on.. with out me.