I agree with Vint here. Basic human rights are access to food, clothing and shelter. I think we are still struggling in the world with that. With your logic one would expect the radio and TV to be a basic human right but they are not, they are and will remain powerful medium which be enablers of something else and the Internet would fit there.
Zaid On 1/5/12 7:22 AM, "Jay Ashworth" <[email protected]> wrote: >Vint Cerf says no: http://j.mp/wwL9Ip > >But I wonder to what degree that's dependent on how much our governments >make >Internet access the most practical/only practical way to interact with >them. > >Understand: I'm not saying that FiOS should be a human right. But as a >society, America's recognized for decades that you gotta have a telephone, >and subsidized local/lifeline service to that extent; that sort of subsidy >applies to cellular phones now as well. > >Thoughts? > >Cheers, >-- jr 'yes, I know I'm early...' a >-- >Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >[email protected] >Designer The Things I Think RFC >2100 >Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land >Rover DII >St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 >1274 >
