In a message dated: 19 Aug 2002 18:22:20 EDT
"Ryan T. McCarthy" said:
>If you want the whole internet experience, I take it you don't filter
>spam. You are paying for access to it, after all.
There is a huge difference between *me* choosing to filter spam and
someone else *telling* me it won't allow it to come through to me.
I don't disagree that connecting to the RIAA website could be
considered a security issue, and I don't deny that the RIAA are an
intrisically and inherently evil organization that doesn't care one
whit about anyone else other than themselves and their own profits.
However, I should have the choice to visit any site I want if I'm
paying for internet access. I don't see anyone blacklisting web
sites which launch 5000 pop-up ads, which could also be considered a
security risk.
The ISP deciding to block sites for my safety is the same as the
gov't dictating I shall wear a seatbelt in *my* car, or that I can't
smoke the plant leaf of my choice in *my* house.
>From a security perspective, I fully agree that the RIAA website
probably shouldn't be visited. From a "freedom of choice"
perspective, I fully believe that I should at least *have* the choice.
If I were an IWT customer, I'd probably switch. Of course, it would
also depend upon how good their service was, and whether or not they
had previously pissed me off. As I've stated, I've never visited the
RIAA website before, nor am I likely to in the future, so, this one
move might not provoke me to switch my ISP. However, if they kept
the practice up and did something like ban some of the hacker sites
because *they* deemed them *potentially* dangerous, then I'd be outta
there!
Note: I'm arguing for the sake of arguing here. I don't like the
practice, but I'm not directly affected by it, so I don't
really care what IWT does :)
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Seeya,
Paul
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but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
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