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Non-Aggression :: :: Government and Politics :: The Government NEEDS an internet "kill switch"
jassad1 Administrator Posts: 149 Registered: Oct 2009  Posted June 22nd, 2010 02:23 AM   IP              Old people talking about "the internet". Joe Lieberman's plan for the internet kill switch is of course comical and scary. Some have asked this question: If we can just disconnect these public services (the electric grid) from the internet and it will still function fine, then why don't we just do that? If it won't function fine then haven't you, by pulling the kill switch, disabled the service the same way an attack would? Seems to me like they just want a convenient way to censor the internet like China does. In the US we justify totalitarianism by claiming it is a matter of utmost importance for National Security. And the fearful sheep obey ... A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is. -Eddard Stark
PapaHimHim6942042069 Member Posts: 43 Registered: Dec 2009  Posted June 22nd, 2010 01:57 PM   IP              The internet has some powerful minions... I almost think "anon" might be able to put up a good fight against geezers in Washington if this ball were to start rolling.
Muffin Administrator Posts: 65 Registered: Oct 2009  Posted July 3rd, 2010 09:29 PM   IP              "I say to my friends in the internet"
chap Member Posts: 10 Registered: Oct 2009  Posted July 6th, 2010 02:23 PM   IP              I like how the last line of his argument is that "China has this capability and we need it too". Why would he think that the American public would ever want to be restricted like China?
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