MTUPremium
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San Luis Obispo, CA Reviews:
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2 edits | HoneyPot - time to walk away I use Google services. Free and so sweet. Like reality, we need to face the fact that a price is being extracted for the neat, free stuff. That old adage about 'selling your soul' comes to mind. Time to consider walking away from the Internet drum beat. I realize that the 70's was forever-ago, but it wasn't all that bad. If the Internet disappeared in a puff of blue smoke there'd be whines from the ignorant, pissed-off advertisers, and maybe, just maybe we'd have a return to real journalism and discussion beyond blog-shots. Just imagine. |
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| said by MTU:I use Google services. Free and so sweet. Like reality, we need to face the fact that a price is being extracted for the neat, free stuff. That old adage about 'selling your soul' comes to mind. Time to consider walking away from the Internet drum beat. I realize that the 70's was forever-ago, but it wasn't all that bad. If the Internet disappeared in a puff of blue smoke there'd be whines from the ignorant, pissed-off advertisers, and maybe, just maybe we'd have a return to real journalism and discussion beyond blog-shots. Just imagine. It isn't the Internet that is the problem and getting rid of it will not suddenly fix the worlds problems (it would probably make the world a much worse place). It's the lobbyists/politicians that are causing the problems. I think you would see more improvements if they disappeared in a flash of blue smoke (or maybe gun powder smoke...). |
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MTUPremium
join:2005-02-15
San Luis Obispo, CA Reviews:
·AT&T Yahoo
| Re: HoneyPot I am not opposed to the Internet, and in fact make a living using the 'net. You're on-target regarding the negative influence from corporate forces and the weak/corrupted legislators.
I was trying to think of an appropriate analogy for what the Internet was & could be vs. what it is becoming. In short, the web is turning into a Jeepney.
Do a Google image search. |
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Re: HoneyPot - time to walk away said by MTU:I realize that the 70's was forever-ago, but it wasn't all that bad. If the Internet disappeared in a puff of blue smoke there'd be whines from the ignorant, pissed-off advertisers, and maybe, just maybe we'd have a return to real journalism and discussion beyond blog-shots. Just imagine. Why not get rid of TV at the same time? Radio? Cars? Telephone? Electrcity?
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