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- inactive, on 06/21/2008, -6/+572it's the WORLD WIDE WEB. why should a government regulate it? that's stupid.
- pcgeek101, on 06/21/2008, -11/+434Wow, this is not good. The U.S. Government has its hands in way too many things already. The web is free! The web is open!
Dugg to get the truth out there. - stronglifts, on 06/21/2008, -6/+400The web can regulate itself.
- ghaib, on 06/22/2008, -9/+31449% of Americans think that the Internet should be regulated? 49% of Americans are morons.
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -3/+297How on Earth can somebody want that!?
- Lagger, on 06/22/2008, -3/+246I wonder if it was an internet poll.
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -32/+200PROTIP: It's the women who are the problem
From the article:
73% yes to 13% no -- that it should be a crime to harass someone on the Internet.
Seventy-one percent (71%) have some awareness of the Drew case, with only 25% saying they know nothing about it at all. Women (79%) more than men
(67%) think Internet harassment should be a crime. Age is also a factor, with support for criminalizing such behavior higher the older the respondent.
Women also feel much more strongly about federal regulation of the Internet, with 55% in favor, 25% opposed and 20% undecided. Men reject federal regulation by a small margin – 46% to 42% -- with 12% unsure.
Digg me down, but this is why women don't belong on the internet, they don't understand it so they fear it and want it to be regulated. - bmcnally, on 06/22/2008, -1/+166Government? Bad idea - leave it to the users. Give the government an inch and they'll find a way to levy a tax on it.
- str3ama, on 06/22/2008, -3/+160the term regulate is up for debate. Regulate to me means that the Government would govern over ISPs and Telecos and prevent them from building walled gardens and tiered internet services, while regulating to others may mean censorship. I'm sure that 49% have differing and possibly opposing perspectives on what exactly regulate means and entails.
Those that actually want the Government to step in and censor content either are completely naive as to what would happen, or are themselves party of the several lobby groups that already control what can be aired on television. We already know there are these religious nutjobs that complain about anything against their views. - Lososaurus, on 06/22/2008, -33/+174Those same Americans voted for Bush and look where that got us.
- btschul, on 06/22/2008, -0/+122They don't understand it
- OmegaWolf, on 06/22/2008, -8/+116I think if some of these cattle had their way, we would have a similar setup to China. No thanks!
- WednesdayLaw, on 06/22/2008, -7/+108>this is why women don't belong on the internet
So you DO want it regulated? - Spartanious, on 06/22/2008, -1/+90So... America owns the Internet now?
- zarvensha, on 06/22/2008, -2/+84How in hell can I comment on this?
It's just another one of those dumb as a box of hammers ideas people keep coming up with as they are too scared to actually take responsibility for their kids.
Too much Violence on TV - V Chip.
Don't like swear words in music - warning stickers.
Crap in handbag when will they ever learn? - inactive, on 06/22/2008, -14/+80It sounds like parents that want Uncle Sam to do the parenting part for them and turn the internet into a ***** television.
The internet doesn't belong to anyone and is therefore ungovernable.
The internet is a perfect example of everything that is right with socialists ideals and should remain free for everybody on earth. - 919kwjc, on 06/22/2008, -5/+69I'm really concerned about this country. Why are so many people looking for the government to solve all of their problems. Wake up people, government is the problem! Tell me ONE thing you think the government does well... just one.
- LeeSoong, on 06/22/2008, -0/+62The internet is already regulated by the government:
It's called the 1st Amendment - freedom of speech,
censors be damned. - ethornquist, on 06/22/2008, -0/+61Take some responsibility and choose your own usage / content, people.
If you don't like something, don't click on it.
If you want, have the gov't hold your hand. I'd rather choose for myself. - Elsewhere42, on 06/22/2008, -1/+62The Internet cannot and should not be regulated.
The Internet is the first and only information medium that offers TRUE freedom of speech.
Even communist China cannot stop its people from viewing "forbidden" content. Every time a government tries to block content, someone comes up with another way to get around the block.
All information yearns to be free and should be free. - btschul, on 06/22/2008, -2/+61Breaking News: New survey says 49% of americans are ***** pants-on-head retarded.
- fmtoffolo, on 06/22/2008, -1/+55so sad
- Muyoso, on 06/22/2008, -6/+56Name one industry that the government regulates that isnt currently ***** consumers?
- psylemon, on 06/22/2008, -0/+50ignorance. 's like people being racist or homophobic. these people use the internets for email. period.
- Koush, on 06/22/2008, -1/+50These americans REALLY give you guys a bad name.
- mcmlxxii, on 06/22/2008, -1/+4850% of surveys are *****. The other 60% are made up.
- purplesky1000, on 06/22/2008, -14/+54did anyone happen to notice that only 1000 people participated in this survey?
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -1/+4151% of Americans were too busy jerking off to internet porn.
- TheInformer, on 06/22/2008, -1/+40When it comes time to vote, there should be two lines.
Line #1 is to vote. Line #2 is to receive 10 lottery tickets.
People get to only go through one line. That should get rid of the idiots come election time. - OomBok, on 06/22/2008, -0/+39i'm sure that same 49% of americans have never used the goddamn internets
- Melodik, on 06/22/2008, -2/+40This just in, 49% of Americans don't have the Internet.
- zephyr42, on 06/22/2008, -0/+38I'd have to say more than 49% of Americans are morons.... and I'm an American.
- beesaretasty, on 06/22/2008, -3/+40Correction. Nearly half of Americans who still have a land-line phone think that the internet should be regulated. The other 90 percent of the country bought cell phones so they don't have to deal with answering these dumbass surveys.
- UtahApocalyse, on 06/22/2008, -3/+40This is why im Opposed to 'Net Neutrality' it really is just a slick way for the government to get its foot in the door. Sadly, many people support it thinking it will protect the internets freedom, when in reality it wont.
- MrsJay, on 06/22/2008, -4/+36 Thanks for not paying attention, America. As our rights are slowly stripped away.
http://digg.com/politics/Proof_our_civil_liberties ... - ostreet, on 06/22/2008, -0/+31Make itself bigger.
- tillerman00, on 06/22/2008, -1/+32Wow. Next Americans will be begging for shackles and pleading for Uncle Sam to brand them on their asses.
- chicoer2001, on 06/22/2008, -4/+34The reason why tv and radio is regulated is because the lack of wave lengths. Try to start your own tv station and see how easy it is. Newspapers arent regulated because anyone can publish a newspaper. Anyone can also start a website.
- cnot3, on 06/22/2008, -0/+30I could have told you that half of Americans are morons before the poll.
- Disinterested, on 06/22/2008, -0/+26I call shenanigans on this survey
- leonardoty, on 06/22/2008, -0/+26Good. That means more than half of our country aren't COMPLETE dumbasses.
- ninja0, on 06/22/2008, -2/+27on some website for noobs
- championchap, on 06/22/2008, -1/+26They probably think that a regulated Internet means less malware, that pedophiles will be unable to make use of it for sharing child pornography and that any harassment can be tracked directly to you right away.
There are some up sides to policing the Internet, just that the negatives are stuff the casual user will not think about. - Sanduu, on 06/22/2008, -0/+24It's the ***** idea the government came with lately, like all their ideas. Screw them, the internet is and must remain uncensored.
- WafflesID, on 06/22/2008, -2/+24***** YOU FRANK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9EWDB_zK4 - Xizer, on 06/22/2008, -4/+26I don't know man, utilities have always been pretty reliable to me, and something as essential as electricity seems pretty cheap compared to the cable bill.
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -3/+25What I'm wondering is how many of the old people to middle aged people said "Yes". You could bet safely they were the majority of that 50%.
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -0/+22In the industry we call that "AOL"
- SethEllis, on 06/22/2008, -0/+21The poll is pretty useless since they never specify what "regulating" the internet really means.
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