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xtabber:
So many people tried to post comments on the FCC Web site after watching John Oliver's very funny rant on net neutrality a few days ago that the site crashed.

There have been some complaints from the usual suspects that Oliver doesn't understand net neutrality, but IMHO, he has done all of us a great favor by bringing the debate to the masses in a way that the masses can actually understand.

tomos:
John Oliver's very funny rant on net neutrality
-xtabber (June 05, 2014, 02:13 PM)
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very good :up:
(intro is a bit slow, it get's going @ 1:54)

Stoic Joker:
I'm not sure which is scarier, the fox guarding the hen house at the FCC, or the fact that a TV comedian successfully DoS'ed a government website by way of inspirational request.

...Well okay, the second one is funny as hell.

app103:
And in other news...


* Netflix Lets People Know When Bad Streaming Is the ISP's Fault
* Verizon sends Netflix cease and desist over streaming quality warnings

Renegade:
So many people tried to post comments on the FCC Web site after watching John Oliver's very funny rant on net neutrality a few days ago that the site crashed.

There have been some complaints from the usual suspects that Oliver doesn't understand net neutrality, but IMHO, he has done all of us a great favor by bringing the debate to the masses in a way that the masses can actually understand.
-xtabber (June 05, 2014, 02:13 PM)
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That was hilarious! :)  :Thmbsup:

Thanks for posting that! ;D

I'm not sure which is scarier, the fox guarding the hen house at the FCC,
-Stoic Joker (June 05, 2014, 05:01 PM)
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That's normal and exactly how [the US] government works - vested interests are inserted into the regulatory bodies to ensure their polices are made law. It's not just the FCC though. It's the entire government.

Here are 18 venn diagrams showing how that works. (It's 2 years old, but who cares if the names change a bit - the corporations control the government.)

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/04/18-venn-diagrams-showing-how-corrupted.html

Here's the one pertaining to Comcast.



CommentThat is not capitalism. It is corporatism. It is plutocracy. Oligarchy. Monopoly. Cartels. But it sure as hell isn't capitalism when corporations run the government and create monopolies and keep out potential competitors. We have monopolistic cartels - not competition.


Do visit that link. If you think "Net Neutrality" is an important issue, the exact same kinds things are going on in every industry. They are carving out empires protected by legislation and enforced by jack-booted thugs.

"Net Neutrality" is just the tip of the iceberg. But... that's a Basement discussion... ;)

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