Re: [RC] FCC , the Internet, and Censorship

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:24:55 -0800

Title: ORourke54.htm
I would like for the FCC to LEAVE IT ALONE. And, barring that, defund the FCC.

That's right, eliminate it from the budget.

David

"There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head."--P. J. O'Rourke


On 12/22/2010 2:17 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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
 
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message dated 12/22/2010 11:54:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:

"There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head."--P. J. O'Rourke



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Subject: Today's Beeler Cartoon - Ramming Speed
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:30:53 -0500 (EST)
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