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Should The FCC Be Abolished?
stwrtpj writes "CNET is running an interesting commentary from its chief political correspondent explaining why the FCC should be abolished. When I saw this link from NewsForge, my initial reaction was that he was full of it, but after I RTFA, I have to admit that he makes some interesting points. So how about it? Should the FCC be abolished? Can the market regulate itself yet?"
You should have stuck with your initial gut reaction. It was probably right.
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This would be sweet. Finally I could carry around a mobile jammer so some dickhead in the theatre doesn't interrupt the movie.
DISCLAIMER : I am a Libertarian and this MAY be a rant.
I believe that the government should not have control over the media. Period.
The airwaves wouldn't fall into disarray if it ceased to be, too many companies have too big a stake in media to allow it to fail. No, Chicken Little, if Nanny Government leaves, the sky will NOT begin falling.
The Government has no right to tell me what I can and cannot view. The Government has no duty to protect children from an exposed breast during the superbowl. The parents of a child old enough to watch and understand the game of (American) football, certianly should have explained at least that much of the facts of life to said child, or they are not very good at parenting.
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Some men are more equal than others. For the rest of us, there's Levitra. Ask your doctor if it's right for you.
Incidentally, I hear Thomas Jefferson was hung like the Liberty Bell.
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If any agency deserves to go the way of the Dodo, it's the US patent office, not the FCC.
Sometimes I wish I was a plumber, then I'd know how to deal with other people's shit.