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Saving the Net

Posted by michael on from the great-american-pastime dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Doc Searls, editor at Linux Journal, has a very insightful editorial that brings it all together - the FCC media consolidation ruling, SCO vs. Linux, why broadband is under attack by telcos and cable systems, why we lost Eldred vs. Ashcroft, what's really interesting about Howard Dean's presidential campaign, and a very astute observation about the vast gulf between Liberals and Conservatives."

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  1. Re:Dean for President by BWJones · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Dear God you're stupid.

    My Ph.D. says otherwise.

    The Internet was about building a very large network that could withstand physical attack.

    No, that was Arpanet. It can be argued that the "Internet" is a much different beast.

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  2. Re:Dean for President by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My playing that card was in response to your rather knee jerk obnoxious statement, assessing the intellectual abilities of someone you know nothing about.

    I get obnoxious when people are spreading misinformation. It draws attention to the problem.

    Why do you discount any ideological arguments for the creation of the internet? Why do we do what we do? Why try to find a cure for cancer? Why did we go to the moon? Why try to find a cure for blindness? These are are achievements that are highly technical in nature, but they have ideological foundations. Just.....like....the....Internet.

    THE ARPANET/INTERNET WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO WITHSTAND PHYSICAL ATTACK. THAT WAS THE REASON. THAT IS WHY IT WAS BUILT.

    If you want to argue what the ideology was, it was the ideology that "the military should be able to keep communications going, no matter what, even under a full scale nuclear assault."

    So, if you, or others, want to inject some ideology into the Internet, be my guest, but don't say "the Internet was built for X" when it was built for Y.

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  3. Re:Dean for President by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Thanks for admitting that you were wrong. It takes a big man to do that.

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  4. Re:CHALLENGE, you dumb liberal. by rwiedower · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    1. The constitution protects our freedom of speech.
    2. The taxation system is slightly progressive.
    3. Unlike many other countries, the press doesn't have to worry about burdensome libel laws here
    4. We have the finest medical care available in the world.
    5. We have strong federal support for R&D programs across the country, in colleges and universities. Our grant system has kept America strong.
    6. Americans believe that the entire world should have the same inalienable rights that we cherish.
    7. Americans believe that our country should be a place of equal opportunity, regardless of race, religion or wealth.
    8. I can drive from one side of the country to the other without having to pay a toll, because our national highway system is paid for by my taxes.
    9. America has a strong public school system, naysayers to the contrary.
    10. In America, church and state are distinct, unlike many middle-eastern countries. This is a very good thing.

      1. All Americans, left and right, are part of the liberal tradition. It's the foundation of our country's political history. I wince everytime someone criticizes "liberals" because they really should be criticizing people on the "left". America was founded on the "liberal" ideals of John Locke, who was a big proponent of private property.