"Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces."-Étienne de La Boétie
Nothing new under the sun and most of us saw this scenario coming. Create a problem, i.e. a government-sponsored networking solution, and then conjure an excuse to control it after the solution is widely adopted. Maybe, the world needs more independent, commercialized "CIS" alternatives rather than one big government-sponsored network. Apparently, more and more BBS's, etc. will be making a comeback along with other alternatives. Now, how do we regain control of some of the FCC-controlled infrastructure?
"The Internet is the biggest command and control center for every bad guy out there," he said.
O'rly? Don't forget governments and supranational organizations like the UN. Play fair....![]()
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Truth Drives Me
I need an education in US history, from the ground up. Can you help point me to a comprehensive, unbiased, scholarly resource?Originally Posted by President John F. Kennedy
Question: Can you lose this license if you are surfing while intoxicated? Or just for criticizing the governance and being deemed a threat?
Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly,I would not even listen to anyone seriously that talked about such a thing. ~ General Dwight D EisenhowerThose who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. -Lao Tzu
Does this treaty ban all registered users of ronpaulforums from operating on the internet, forever?
The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of
'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day
America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. ~ Norman Thomas
Insurrection will amass from the inside. ~ Me 3/17/09
That's like the Devil calling God the enemy (ie. "Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis). Everyone who doesn't work for THEM is the enemy.
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