Internet politics?
11-27-2012, 08:33 PM
The whole idea of limiting the internet is conceited on politicians' parts. I mean, look at the crackdown the The Pirate Bay that happened a while back. Not only are they up and running again, they have learned how to jump from server to server so that they can't be busted again.
Trying to limit the internet is a futile task in my opinion because there are always going to be hackers and internet enthusiasts smarter and more wily than the tech goons that the government would hire to control it.
And they wonder why people are clinging to the internet so intensely? It lets you releases ideas en masse that would never reach others' ears otherwise. You can't just post your thoughts in a newspaper or sell a bunch of DVDs of your own personal musings.
While it baffles me, the amount of stupid, stupid junk that people post on the internet, it is refreshing to know that I can use it to talk to people a continent away because they identify with something I like or believe in. The power of a free internet is an amazing thing and a terrifying one at the same time. Maybe that is why politicians want to limit it, but if they think that making our internet more like China's completely controlled internet system is a smart idea then they have another thing coming.
I say we wave the blackout banner proudly.
Trying to limit the internet is a futile task in my opinion because there are always going to be hackers and internet enthusiasts smarter and more wily than the tech goons that the government would hire to control it.
And they wonder why people are clinging to the internet so intensely? It lets you releases ideas en masse that would never reach others' ears otherwise. You can't just post your thoughts in a newspaper or sell a bunch of DVDs of your own personal musings.
While it baffles me, the amount of stupid, stupid junk that people post on the internet, it is refreshing to know that I can use it to talk to people a continent away because they identify with something I like or believe in. The power of a free internet is an amazing thing and a terrifying one at the same time. Maybe that is why politicians want to limit it, but if they think that making our internet more like China's completely controlled internet system is a smart idea then they have another thing coming.
I say we wave the blackout banner proudly.
