PDA

View Full Version : Barack Obama's Internet Kill Switch




Travlyr
04-16-2011, 09:47 AM
What are the chances of a US Internet Kill Switch? Could it happen? Is it practical? The Foundation for the Advancement of Free-Market Thinking (FAFMT) and The Daily Bell are pleased to bring you a short video presentation titled, Internet Kill Switch.



http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDailyBell

More at: http://www.thedailybell.com/2084/Barack-Obamas-Internet-Kill-Switch.html



Liberty and a Free Internet

by Rep Ron Paul

The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights.

Freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones. If we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.

...

I can assure you of this – once the government gains a foothold into regulating the internet, even for benevolent reasons, the wonders of the free internet will soon be a thing of the past. Parents, with modern day technology, are quite capable of monitoring their children’s internet activity.

The internet must remain a government-free zone to maintain its integrity and usefulness to modern society, and that is something for which I will continue to fight.

More at: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2008/07/02/liberty-and-a-free-internet/


How do we keep the Internet free from intrusion by government?

thedude
04-16-2011, 10:19 AM
info...win

fear mongering...fail

Travlyr
04-16-2011, 10:24 AM
info...win

fear mongering...fail

My intent is not fear-mongering... although I now see that could be a natural conclusion.
Ron Paul's quote, I thought was quite relevant given what is happening in congress currently. Once they have their foot in the door... it's too late to stop them.

Ron Paul,

I can assure you of this – once the government gains a foothold into regulating the internet, even for benevolent reasons, the wonders of the free internet will soon be a thing of the past. Parents, with modern day technology, are quite capable of monitoring their children’s internet activity.

thedude
04-16-2011, 10:28 AM
no doubt. i was referring to the video. we scream bloody murder when the gov't uses fear mongering to control the sheep, but it goes (seemingly) unnoticed when the same tactic is used by others to "wake people up"