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Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

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Re: Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

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Post by drak0n1c »

marvindanig wrote: post #7

Whatever is happening in America these days is tipped in balance towards whoever owns the gun. If the gun owners say "no net neutrality" what the other 99% say doesn't matter. A confidence by way of vote in the next election might reverse this but it is no mystery that the weight of a bullet is still much higher than that of a vote. Basically, choosing between death vs. a shepherd. I wouldn't be surprised if a flip o…

Over 42% of Americans live in a household with a gun. Unsure where you are sourcing the 99% statistic from.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/americas-complex-r...

If you are worried about tyranny - the primary reason for the second amendment was to deter tyrannies of excessive regulation and authoritarian imposition (quartering of troops, etc).

Re: Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

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Post by barneygumble742 »

gfosco wrote: post #10

Anyone willing to consider that maybe he's right about this issue?

Given his past actions, why give him the benefit of the doubt? He has proved to be a liar and a shill for the telcos.

He lied about the FCC's fake DDoS attack and refuses to investigate all the bots on the FCC's comment site as the NN open commenting period was coming to a close.

He's the Scott Pruitt of the FCC.

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Post by hartator »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #15
gfosco wrote: post #10

Anyone willing to consider that maybe he's right about this issue?

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Most of the repelled rules were in effect only since 2014. I don't remember the web being a terrible place before 2014.

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Post by barneygumble742 »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #2

Part of me really hopes the internet heads into the crapper within the next couple years. It's time for a reboot anyway, to clear the cruft.

Reboot the internet with IPv6 and now all your internal devices will be openly addressable to the internet. I see nothing good coming from that.

Re: Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

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Post by jorblumesea »

Sure, and Mulvaney is really going to "streamline" the CFPB...

Why is it always "removing regulations" == "removing things that protect the average person from predation"

The small government/less regulations argument is just a dog whistle for unfettered corporatism.

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Post by kinsomo »

mistrial9 wrote: post #19

There is a city here with a six lane freeway running right through the middle of many previous residential areas.. It might seem obvious that a six lane freeway produces constant noise, heavy particulate matter in the air all year, and a constant blanket of heavy matter downwind on every surface, the soil, your clothes, etc.. The benefit of this heavy motorway is that areas far from the city became the new (wealthy)…

> It is a matter of record that some local politicians made speeches about how the new freeway would benefit the original city it runs through. I think they use the phrase "tortured truth" to express how these statements reflect what actually happened.

Does anyone have any more info on the meaning and usage of the term "tortured truth."

I've been looking for new, concise ways to refer to a dishonest use of selectively chosen truth to mislead.

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Post by kinsomo »

hartator wrote: post #23
pavel_lishin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Most of the repelled rules were in effect only since 2014. I don't remember the web being a terrible place before 2014.

> Most of the repelled rules were in effect only since 2014. I don't remember the web being a terrible place before 2014.

The now-repealed rules were a codification of the pre-2014 status quo.

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Post by [deleted] »

drak0n1c wrote: post #21
marvindanig wrote: post #7

Whatever is happening in America these days is tipped in balance towards whoever owns the gun. If the gun owners say "no net neutrality" what the other 99% say doesn't matter. A confidence by way of vote in the next election might reverse this but it is no mystery that the weight of a bullet is still much higher than that of a vote. Basically, choosing between death vs. a shepherd. I wouldn't be surprised if a flip o…

Over 42% of Americans live in a household with a gun. Unsure where you are sourcing the 99% statistic from. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/americas-complex-r... If you are worried about tyranny - the primary reason for the second amendment was to deter tyrannies of excessive regulation and authoritarian imposition (quartering of troops, etc).

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Re: Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

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Post by fusiongyro »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #20

> ISPs' required disclosures "will allow consumers to make an informed decision about which Internet service provider is best for them The one that's best for me is literally the only one that's available in my area, so my informed decision is whether to have the internet or not.

Same, and I'm paying $50/month for 5 Mbit.
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