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Is online access a right or a privilege?

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40hz:
I guess i feel a little bit hesitant to call it a "right"..

However, i do feel like there should be something in between on one side a "right" vs. on the other side, a commercial item to be left to the private sector regardless of the social costs.
-mouser (July 13, 2009, 12:11 PM)
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I think they used to call that: "The Right Thing to Do"  :)

Innuendo:
I think they used to call that: "The Right Thing to Do"  :)-40hz (July 16, 2009, 10:13 AM)
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Having since being renamed to "The Right Thing To Do So Long As It Doesn't Cost Too Much Time, Effort, And/Or Money And Doesn't Cause Any Controversy Or Alienate Any Campaign Contributors"  :)

40hz:
I think they used to call that: "The Right Thing to Do"  :)-40hz (July 16, 2009, 10:13 AM)
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Having since being renamed to "The Right Thing To Do So Long As It Doesn't Cost Too Much Time, Effort, And/Or Money And Doesn't Cause Any Controversy Or Alienate Any Campaign Contributors"  :)
-Innuendo (July 16, 2009, 11:05 AM)
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Some years ago, during the Q&A at a public meeting in my hometown, I asked the (then) govenor of our state the following question:

How do you personally decide on a course of action when you're confronted with the choice of doing what is right versus doing what is politically expedient? What criteria do you apply when you make such a decision?

It got me a laugh, a smattering of applause - and a one way ticket out of the auditorium with police escort.

Free speech! Gotta love it. :Thmbsup:

zridling:
Given what one can access (learn, do, apply, respond/complain, file, etc.) with online access, I think we should finally consider it a basic constitutional right. Such a right can be taken away by the government, e.g., prisoners lose their liberties, among them free, unmonitored communication is one, but I don't think "megacorp, inc." should be the one deciding who gets access and who does not. In the US, it can potentially be dicey since there are only 3-4(?) telecoms that control access to the networks.

It's 2009, not 1995. Future politicians need people like us to educate them on this issue. I figure the current ones are still wondering what email really is.

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