Two things : ( 1 ) I'm not to concerned about the current new FCC regulations, they seem innocuous enough, BUT ( 2 ) I am VERY concerned about the precedent they set. This is directly related to recent remarks by Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia to the effect that if it was his decision to make he would shut down Fox TV as a purveyor of hate, as , in his view, to paraphrase, virtually criminal in character. This is not only venomous, it is patently false and reflects nothing so much as the bigotry of Mr Rockefeller and his Left wing political views. With regulation of the Internet established as a principle there now is the prospect of members of Congress --could be either party in the future-- seeking to censor news services or blogs because they disagree with other political opinions than the one's they prefer. It is pretty obvious to me that some kind of regulations are needed for the Internet. But NOT because of political views, because of criminal activities and relentless actions of some people, acting on behalf of advertisers who are unscrupulous, not all advertisers but all it takes is an unethical minority, who infect PCs with garbage and clog private systems with forms of spyware, etc, to such an extent that we do need protections. OK, but how do we see to it that protections do not eventually include political actions intended to subvert free speech rights ? How do we remove Jay Rockefeller and others like him from public office ? This, by itself, will not solve the crime problem on the Internet, but at least it would cut off at the knees those who wish to destroy the First Amendment. Billy ============================================== message dated 12/22/2010 11:54:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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