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justinian on 15 January 2014
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Kasz216 said:
justinian said:
Kasz216 said:
justinian said:
Not surprising really. It's America and these days nothing that comes out of that country surprises me.

The truth is, that for some, information is far too easily available to the masses. Information is power and that needs to be controlled among the peasants.

Censorship is the next logical step.

Uh...

A) the UK doesn't have Net Nuetrality either.

 

B) The UK arrests people for saying mean things on facebook.

Oh, I know what Britain is like. It wasn't a comparison between the countries. Britain never claimed to be the "land of the free". Our ISPs do a lot more monitoring of our web activities than most. 

Even if I lived in N.Korea (and obviously had the capability to access this site which I probably wouldn't) my statement would have been the same. 

This is about the US and my statement was based thus.

 

Yeah... but that's like someone saying

"Hey Bob went grocery shopping yesterday!"

and you saying

"Yeah, it's Bob, and nothing bob does suprises me these days!"

While i disagree with the ruling... it's a fairly standard and somewhat expected result.

 

Really, the big difference... and the thing that would actually surprise... is that there is still some moves the FCC and US can play.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/01/net_neutrality_d_c_circuit_court_ruling_the_battle_s_been_lost_but_we_can.html

 

and the US is one of a very small number of countries that may be inclined enough to do so.

No. What I am saying doesn't really require an analogy.

I know what is happening in my country and I don't like it. I had thought and mainly hoped that the US would stay clear of such regulations and be indeed "the land of the free" as little as that means these days. Now I think different. My reasons for thinking this way are plenty but let's not dig into that.

I am not surprised because I now believe America will take "liberties with our liberties" even further than any other western goverment. It is important that there are moves that the FCC and the US can play. however, what is more significant is that it has got to this stage.

I will not be drawn into an argument over an unforseen future, however. It may be overturned or it might not be. Things may get worst in terms of censorship and regulations or they may not. That's for time to resolve.