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Reason Interviews Michael Powell
Phlinn writes "In the Reason interview with Michael Powell, it is possible to develop a clearer understanding of the FCC's recent actions. It would appear that despite recent actions, he's not the pro censorship icon many people think. Beware of actions based on a "greater good" however."
He's just a republican lackey.
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I don't know what he's contributed
Affordable broadband ? I don't see it. He's stopped competition in that industry.
He's 'DESTROYED' radio with monopolies like Clear Channel.
So here's a toast to those that think everything should be allowed by corporate america without regard of the greater public good.
Last I remember, Reason was a nuclear-powered gauss gun or something that fired depleted uranium rounds.
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The question was not, "What are definitions of 'wrinting' and 'printing.'"
Sigh, I guess I'll have to give the class the answer.
The quoted excerpt from the Bill of Rights can only be interpreted to have meant verbal language created from human lips and printing presses. There was no form of recording of sound and no method of amplified transmission. All printing presses in the Colonies were controlled by the Monarch of England. (sidebar: there were lots of other limits placed on the Colonists including a prohibition on owning metal tools. Imagine trying to dig in rocky soil with a wooden shovel. That exact situation led to illegal manufacture and sale of metal tools by the Colonists. The offset handle common to shovels was a Colonial invention as well.) The very fact that the list includes the two specific items of speech and printing presses reinforces these definitions. The concept of "speech" to include recorded or non-verbal expression came far later.