[PLUG-TALK] Bitching.
gepr at tempusdictum.com
gepr at tempusdictum.com
Mon Feb 16 23:43:22 UTC 2004
Paul Johnson writes:
> I'd jump on simply because it's Verizon. I don't have kind feelings
> for Qwest, either, which is why I switched to Vonage last year.
Well, there are lots of corporeal bodies (people, LLPs, and corporations)
that I have no kind feelings for. But, I'm not going to punch them in
the mouth when I see them on the streets, either.
> > > > The very _idea_ that some people consider a fibre optic infrastructure
> > > > _infrastructure_ is apalling.
> > >
> > > Without that infrastructure, I don't get a dialtone. It's a basic
> > > service at this point, and Canada did the right thing 5 or 6 years ago
> > > declaring internet access an essential utility.
> >
> > I disagree. The internet doesn't really help us live better lives.
>
> OK, if you want to go back to not being able to get money from your bank
> at 6PM on a Friday at some bank you've never heard of in a city
> thousands of miles from home, make cheap phone calls, or be able to
> boycott the postal service for favoring spammers, go right ahead.
I didn't say that I would prefer to live the life of the average human
on this earth (which means no internet). What I said was that it's
_not_ infrastructure any more than cigarrettes or blues bands are
infrastructure. It's a luxury available to those of us who are wealthy
enough to afford it. I like it just like I like my pick-up truck and
the readily available fossile fuel that drives it.
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