Slashdot Mirror
F.C.C., In Net Neutrality Turnaround, Plans To Allow Fast Lane
Dega704 (1454673) writes in with news of the latest FCC plan which seems to put another dagger in the heart of net neutrality. "The Federal Communications Commission will propose new rules that allow Internet service providers to offer a faster lane through which to send video and other content to consumers, as long as a content company is willing to pay for it, according to people briefed on the proposals. The proposed rules are a complete turnaround for the F.C.C. on the subject of so-called net neutrality, the principle that Internet users should have equal ability to see any content they choose, and that no content providers should be discriminated against in providing their offerings to consumers."
In a way, I see that point. On the other hand, pick one:
A) Banding together to exercise your free speech rights through an organization is something you should do.
B) Banding together to exercise your free speech rights through an organization is so bad that it should be illegal.
You can't believe both A and B. If you believe it's bad thing, in fact so bad that it's worth violating other people's first amendment rights over, yet you do it anyway, you've chosen to do evil. So they've either chosen to do evil, or they simply haven't thought things through. Their thinking process ends at their own four-word slogan.
It occurs to me that logically, it's also possible that they do not actually believe it's bad for people to work together to effect change. It's possible that they are trying to mislead people, saying they believe that when they really don't. So the three possible options are:
1. They've chosen to do wrong, to do what they believe is evil.
2. They've utterly failed to think about what they actually believe.
3. They are trying to mislead people about what they actually believe.
I don't know which of the three is true about these people, but basic logic shows it must be one of the three.