Comments on: Should The Government Monitor ‘Net Content? An Odd Couple Posting http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:49:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: E-sniper » Blog Archive » Move over Felix and Oscar: There’s a New Odd (Blog) Couple in Town. http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344527 E-sniper » Blog Archive » Move over Felix and Oscar: There’s a New Odd (Blog) Couple in Town. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:00:57 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/01/27/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting/#comment-344527 [...] government monitor content on the internet as closely as it does content for television and radio? The Golden Pencil Behind the [...] [...] government monitor content on the internet as closely as it does content for television and radio? The Golden Pencil Behind the [...]

]]> By: Charlotte Babb http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344523 Charlotte Babb Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/01/27/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting/#comment-344523 The Government shoujdl get out of the Internet. I don't care how much they scan the airwaves and the bitstream, but there is no reason to limit the information available to people, especially from people in other countries. The Net is a G-L-O-B-A-L phenomenon, and while the main part of it's backbone is in the USA, by no means is there a brain attached that can be shut off. We have become a small village indeed, but there is no overlord to say what can and cannot be said, what should be free and what should be paid for. For the first time since one tribe met another, everyone can have a say, every musician can have an audience, every poet a nook, every artist a gallery. So what if 90% of everything is crud? I point to the percentage of government waste and say 10% goodness is a wonderful thing. Governments exist to provide infrastructure. All this moaning and whining over the "dangers" of the internet can be avoided by turning off the modem, the TV, the radio, the ipod, the telephone, and maybe, by plugging in the brain. The Government shoujdl get out of the Internet. I don’t care how much they scan the airwaves and the bitstream, but there is no reason to limit the information available to people, especially from people in other countries.

The Net is a G-L-O-B-A-L phenomenon, and while the main part of it’s backbone is in the USA, by no means is there a brain attached that can be shut off. We have become a small village indeed, but there is no overlord to say what can and cannot be said, what should be free and what should be paid for.

For the first time since one tribe met another, everyone can have a say, every musician can have an audience, every poet a nook, every artist a gallery. So what if 90% of everything is crud? I point to the percentage of government waste and say 10% goodness is a wonderful thing.

Governments exist to provide infrastructure. All this moaning and whining over the “dangers” of the internet can be avoided by turning off the modem, the TV, the radio, the ipod, the telephone, and maybe, by plugging in the brain.

]]> By: Monitoring of the Internet | money news blog http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344524 Monitoring of the Internet | money news blog Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:36:07 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/01/27/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting/#comment-344524 [...] posting challenge. Two bloggers get to post their reaction to a statement. I’m partnered with Anne at The Golden Pencil and our challenge is: Should the government monitor content on the web as [...] [...] posting challenge. Two bloggers get to post their reaction to a statement. I’m partnered with Anne at The Golden Pencil and our challenge is: Should the government monitor content on the web as [...]

]]> By: b5media - Move over Felix and Oscar: There’s a New Odd (Blog) Couple in Town. http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344525 b5media - Move over Felix and Oscar: There’s a New Odd (Blog) Couple in Town. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:34:09 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/01/27/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting/#comment-344525 [...] government monitor content on the internet as closely as it does content for television and radio? The Golden Pencil Behind the [...] [...] government monitor content on the internet as closely as it does content for television and radio? The Golden Pencil Behind the [...]

]]> By: Monitoring of the Internet http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344526 Monitoring of the Internet Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:37:37 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/01/27/should-the-government-monitor-net-content-an-odd-couple-posting/#comment-344526 [...] posting challenge. Two bloggers get to post their reaction to a statement. I’m partnered with Anne at The Golden Pencil and our challenge is: Should the government monitor content on the internet as [...] [...] posting challenge. Two bloggers get to post their reaction to a statement. I’m partnered with Anne at The Golden Pencil and our challenge is: Should the government monitor content on the internet as [...]

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