FCC and the internet

[Steve Furbish]

Liam Proven wrote:
> I was amazed at the photos of fools waving placards in front of the
> White House in Washington DC. I didn't think I'd find the same loonies
> on Sounder - I thought they were too dumb to use Ubuntu or indeed a
> mailing list.
>
> Seems I was wrong.
>   
Apparently, and unfortunately that might just be a personal cross you'll 
have to bare?

> Here's a hint, Mr Sawyer: don't believe the crap you hear, see or read
> in the US media. Go look at how it's done in other, more civilised,
> modern countries than America, where it works very well and improved
> the lives of /all/ its citizens.
>   
Right, wrong or indifferent the citizens of a country have the right to 
chart their own course. With the freedom of access provided by the 
internet (the orginal topic) we can indeed look at how it's done in 
other countries. We might even admit that something needs to be done in 
the area of reform, but we reserve the right to disagree that socialized 
healthcare is the end-all solution to our problems. The United States id 
a very litigious society and the objections that many of us have to 
so-called universal healthcare is the refusal of politicians to address 
tort reform as part of the package. That refusal alone smacks of 
corruption and payoff by a large powerful lobby.

> Otherwise, when you start spouting hate-filled rubbish on an
> international mailing list run by a British-headquartered company, you
> will look like an ignorant redneck.
>
>   
Do all Brits see disagreement on an issue as "hate-filled rubbish" or is 
that merely a personal characteristic of the author?


Steve