[olug] [OT/Political] Letter to representative regarding ISPs and "Common Carrier" status.

[Dan Anderson]

The worst possible outcome is metered Internet.

I don't know why so many people are so eager to get back to 1995.

Dan


> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Tim Larson <larson at towncommons.com>
wrote:
>>
>> On 1/23/2015 11:22 AM, Lou Duchez wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sorry Senator Fischer responded as she did, and even more sorry
>>> that her response was entirely to be expected.  Vote Republican and
>>> you get someone who sides with business over the common good every
>>> single time; deep down we all know this, we just try not to think
>>> about it too hard. Until the common good in question impacts us
>>> directly.
>>
>>
>> Often the side of business IS "the common good". We all like getting our
paychecks. Commerce—monetary transactions between people for their mutual
benefit, i.e. business—is what makes that possible. Please don't buy into
the simplistic "Business Bad! Rich Man Keep You Down!" political rhetoric.
I guarantee the real world is much more nuanced than that, and that EVERY
side of a political debate ought to have its words and actions scrutinized
for motive and ethics.
>>
>> (Don't read this as a defense of Republicans in general or Fischer in
particular. I do not consider myself a Republican, nor did I vote for her.)
>>
>> Tim
>> --
>> 🖖,
>> ✝
>> 2Co 11:1
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