I think the difference here is that you advocate freedom based on competition in a free market, whereas Will believes in government-mandated freedom. ;)
-ray wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, willhill wrote: > > >> The US could eliminate 80% of the world's spam by outlawing Windows. >> > > Why don't we just outlaw spam? Cause that's gonna work. > > >> Freedom is not the root of the spam problem and blocking port 25 has not >> solved it. There is a technical solution and this list exists to promote it. >> > > Now you're talking, but what is the technical solution? Fix the windows > machines? Replace the windows monoculture with a linux monoculture? > These solutions cost billions. > > What if DirecTV called me and said they were turning off my service cause > i accidentally changed to channel 25 one day. I shouldn't have done that, > and now i'm causing problems on the network. They'll turn my service back > on if i pay $200+ to repair my receiver or take it to BestBuy to get it > repaired. I'd kindly tell them to piss off. Then i'd call DishNetwork or > Charter (yes, i have that choice). No ISP is going to do that to their > customers. The ISP's aren't going to band together to get rid of Windows > on their networks. There are laws against that (collusion and > racketeering). > > >> commercial interests and then we'd all have fewer choices. Choices come with >> freedom and freedom is a principle not something that can be made into a >> grocery list. I'm paying for my bandwith and should be allowed to use it. >> > > True freedom is anarchy and probably not what you want. Choices come with > freedom and freedom comes with sacrifices. I'm willing to sacrifice my > port 25 freedom for the greater good. I'm also willing to stop at stop > signs and pay taxes, though i'd much rather run them all while shooting > the bird at the IRS. I'm not willing to give up my freedom of speech, or > right to bear arms. You draw a line in the sand and decide how much > freedom you're willing to give up. Obviously Will draws his line a little > farther back than mine. But ya know, that's fine with me. > > ray >
