Quote Originally Posted by ChrisL View Post
This is a topical issue to say the least. The current issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, the magazine of the Council on Foreign Relations, has for its first article on page 2 "Securing the Information Highway". It's an eight page article that should be an easy read. I've only read the first page so far but will read the article.

Commiecat, I'm not insinuating anything about your views in this post personally; my feeling on this subject is however, that should anyone assume the control, filtering, blocking of internet information it will be at the hands of private commerce for private commerce, such an assumption would be IMO naive and misguided.

Make as many face to face contacts and friendships with your fellow local SRP members, at worst, free expression and exchange may not be possible via the net. I don't consider myself an alarmist or paranoiac. I do consider myself a realist that tries to envision the worst possible scenario on things and work backward from there.

Chris L
Well I rarely take the "ONOES THE SKY IS FALLING!" position on anything, and I certainly don't feel that way yet on this issue. There is so much documentation, debate and litigation that it would take years to implement if it came down to it.

I do have some fears that the companies pushing to abolish net neutrality have very deep pockets and are quite influential. When you pair that with the fact that the many politicians, like McCain cited in my initial post, are ignorant about the Internet, it makes this seem much more feasible.

It's troubling that McCain would (or rather, could) choose the name "Internet Freedom Act" when it's quite the opposite, IMHO. Although it would be interesting to witness, and partake in, the 'net backlash if such corporate tiering were to be implemented.