[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[Geoffrey]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>>> Is that FUD?  Where do you see that this is the issue that broadband 
>>> providers are concerned with?
>> Do you really think they'll stop at simply prompting you to go to 
>> another site?  Come on, look at television.  There's not a channel out 
>> there that doesn't have pop up commercials during the shows now.  It was 
>> bad enough when the commercials interupted the shows, now they're 
>> running during them.
> 
> So, why aren't you advocating a law to restrict TV broadcasters from 
> displaying pop-up ads on their content?  I understand that you have 
> pet-peeves (lots of them it seems ;-)), but really now, should everyone 
> of your pet-peeves stimulate a new law (which, btw, passing new laws 
> isn't cheap either)?

You know what Jim, I'm not going to get into another pissing contest 
with you because you seem to enjoy that.  But, I did not once mentioned 
creating any laws.  The original post was about a law that was pushed 
through that would quote: 'allow internet service providers to play 
favorites among different web sites.'  Seems to me, I'm simply arguing 
against that law.

As for television, I simply don't watch it anymore, so the popup ad 
folks don't get my eyes..

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin Franklin