Quote:
Originally Posted by deed02392
You are being pedantic. We have control in the sense that no one is or can be silenced on the internet at present. I think you need to look at the situation in Egypt. Why do you think their government found the need to take away their internet connectivity? It's a powerful tool for the people and not something which should have ANY restrictions imposed on it.
|
You say "pedantic", I say "factual"....
You state that no one
"is or can be silenced on the internet at present" - does that apply to newspapers' web sites, or forums like this, as I think you may find that we can be "silenced" if we break the law, or libel (or allow our members to libel) someone.
You also state that that it is "
not something which should have ANY restrictions imposed upon it" - how about bandwidth restrictions due to geographic/technology limitations, how about legal restrictions such a copyright/libel/criminal acts, and how about the basic economic restriction that it all has to be built and paid for, as the IntraWeeb Faeries can't actually hedge their Magic Faerie Gold
™ in the Futures Markets to pay for the technology stack and fibre that is the backbone of the internet?