I missed the original post...sucks not having internet at home :-( -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 5:20 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: idiots at CNN calling for media to be "gatekeepers" for blogosphere
If so, that went completely over my head. Which would be awesome. I always much prefer missing a joke than feeling like I am standing alone hip-deep in the torrent of forwarded stupidity that seems to be more and more what passes for discourse on the interwebs these days. I actually think that the combination of purposefully and ignorantly forwarded misinformation is a bigger problem these days than porn spam or phishing schemes. Jerry On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought that Casey and Jerry were being sarcastic and it was a joke > about the need for gatekeepers. Maybe I assumed incorrectly? > > Judah > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is this mailing list really _this_ dumb? > > > > This is the same "bill" that has been circulating for 12 years on the > net, > > threatening to tax email messages. > > > > http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/bill602p.asp > > > > At least rail against something real, for the love of God. > > > > Jerry > > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> "The supporters of Bill 602P are pushing for, 5¢ per blog post tax > through > >> the senate. the bill also mentions their will be a 1¢ per comment tax on > >> every blog post, and the fees will be collected by your ISP." > >> > >> That would kill the internet for casual users. Big corporations might > >> create whole divisions to control the blogosphere since they can afford > it. > >> > >> > >> There is no need for gatekeepers. Anything read there should be double > and > >> triple checked. If liable or slander or other misconduct is used, there > is > >> a court system in place to deal with i > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323768 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
