Canadians Organizing a Rally For Net Neutrality

taylortbb writes "Canadians are fighting back against Bell Canada's traffic shaping (recentlly discussed by Slashdot here and here) by organizing a rally in support of network neutrality. The rally is being backed by a long list of organizations including Google, two major political parties, three ISPs, and two major unions. It's set for Tuesday at 11:30am on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The only question that remains is, will the government listen?"

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Re:I'm not your friend, buddy!

[Elbart]

I'm not your buddy, guy!

Re:Two options:

[freedom_india]

Any elected government by its very nature cannot work for the People who elected it, IF the elected gets their election funding from non-voters.
This rally WILL fail. I can bet on it. Not Because the corporates will win, etc., (which is all true), BUT the nature of this rally is too diffuse.
You guys need to follow the Blitzkreig approach: Concentrate all your voting power, financing campaigns, etc., to one or two important senators who stand to lose a lot if they lose the election (especially the ministers). Target them like hell, conduct HUGE rallies in their hometown [only], campaign for them to support Net Neutrality in their precincts, fund adverts for the same in the constituency. Once such huge firepower is directed to a short place, you will the Maginot Line breaking down.

This is what Blitzkreig was all about: Concentration of Armor at a small point, to enable a breakthrough and infantry follows the gap.
Apply the same principle, and within a year once you conduct about 5 rallies changing ALL 5 ministers/MPs voting, you will see the rest falling in line.
Good Luck

Much better: defend net neutrality and get laid

[spectrokid]

If you are a virgin you can get laid defending the net: and she looks good too!

Re:Two options:

[freedom_india]

Sorry about the spelling.
Welcome to civilized debate:
Speed and Movement are part of the blitzkrieg accompanied by massive concentration of firepower.
Without the massive firepower provided by Tanks (Panzers), your much vaunted speed & movement would be literally of no use.
That along with 3-dimensional control of air & land around the area of attack is what made blitz succeed in Belgium and France, and why it failed during Battle of Bulge (hint: speed and movement were there, but no 3-D control and certainly no massive firepower to counter the Shermans and AT).

Coming back to topic: Rallies do not translate to anti-votes necessarily. 10,000 people from 16 different precints do not necessarily make a candidate-defeating vote force.

First: Overwhelming Force the first criteria of Blitz is absent. You may consider Speed & Movement, but the prime necessity is candidate-removing-vote-force and fear it inspires in the heart of the MPs. Remember, the Battle of France was lost not just because of Speed. It was lost when back-end troops (artillery, sappers, etc) saw Tanks coming out of nowhere onto roads that did not have fighting: Deep in enemy territory. Nothing terrifies an MP more than watching a video of a massive rally in his hometown against him while he is in Montreal fighting for his corporate friends. Goal: Inspire Fear and sure-defeat mentality in the enemy's mind. Psych warfare, blah

Second: Now, your favorite: speed and movement of massive rallies with people from 16 precints is again missing. It is possible to organize it locally with more massive amounts of people. You could quickly organize a 10,000 people rally limited to a single precint and get FULL coverage everywhere.

Third: Control of 3-D space: Airwaves, talk shows, Advert time on TV, soap-box shoutings in parks. That is again missing in a national sense because of the T&E involved in it. This is possible in a local precint-wise where your people are more in number and the voter-force is large enough to upset even an incumbent.

You are probably nostalgic about Velvet Revolution, Fall of the Berlin Wall, etc., Remember these were directed against a Maginot-Line=Government which is stationary.
Till date no such rallies have made corporates change their mind or the governments supported by them: Brazil Amazon saving, War, Mortgage crisis, GM food. Even Exxon Valdez.

When you are fighting an Undead vampire who has speed, maneuverability and Force who can outlive you and your grandsons, it makes sense to hit them at their weakest spot: The people who are voted to make laws that bind the Undead. You need to take out emotion and passion out of the fight: Remember: Emotion is your weakest link. Fight logically and conserve resources to continue the struggle. Not expend it like in Battle of Bulge or the Stalingrad Seige Battles.

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