Hometown Paper Takes Howard Coble to Task

Lunenburg writes: "The Greensboro (NC) News & Record ran a column in their Sunday paper last week entitled Coble wrong about Hollywood Hackers, in which columnist Edward Cone suggests that Coble's support of the P2P Hacking bill may just be his way of showing his support for the Copyright industry, without really supporting the methods." There's some more (including contact information) below.

"The column touches on the creation of the Hollywood vigilante mob, Coble's campaign contributions, and suggests that people across the internet, not just in Coble's 6th District, email Coble and Berman with their polite, well-reasoned opposition to the bill.

What if that trickle turned into a flood, not just from the North Carolina Piedmont but from all around the country? It would be a watershed moment in the Internet's rise as a force in American democracy. (And the Web is all that democracy has going for it just now in terms of putting the heat under Coble and Berman, who are both running unopposed by major-party candidates this year.)

There is plenty of time for action. Congress is in recess, and the bill won't be considered until September. Meanwhile, Howard Coble has shown himself to be willing to listen and learn, and even to revise his opinion in public. The corporate hacking bill needs to be changed, and you have the power to help change it.

Here's a chance to see if email activism really works!"

Comments

Respect?

[innocent_white_lamb]

Hmmm.... The congressman's aide says in so many words that this guy knows absolutely nothing about computers and the Internet. Then in the next breath, we are admonished to be "respectful" with any response that we email to them.

Excuse me? Respect has to be earned, the same way as trust is earned.

It is extremely presumptuous, not to mention ignorant, for a fellow who knows absolutely nothing about a subject to pompously horn his way into a debate or an issue and say, "Ok boys, I'll settle this right now. Here is how it is going to be."

It would be like me somehow being in a position to dictate regulations regarding how doctors perform surgery and then proceeding to draft the legislation without taking any steps to find out anything about surgical methods beforehand.

Respect my foot! This jumped-up fool presumes to trespass into an area that he knows nothing about, and then has the unmitigated nerve to demand respect?

I don't think so.