[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[Jim Popovitch]

eoffrey wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> Geoffrey wrote:
>>> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is that FUD?  Where do you see that this is the issue that 
>>>> broadband providers are concerned with?
>>> Do you really think they'll stop at simply prompting you to go to
>>>  another site?  Come on, look at television.  There's not a 
>>> channel out there that doesn't have pop up commercials during the
>>>  shows now.  It was bad enough when the commercials interupted
>>> the shows, now they're running during them.
>> So, why aren't you advocating a law to restrict TV broadcasters 
>> from displaying pop-up ads on their content?  I understand that you
>>  have pet-peeves (lots of them it seems ;-)), but really now,
>> should everyone of your pet-peeves stimulate a new law (which, btw,
>>  passing new laws isn't cheap either)?
> 
> You know what Jim, I'm not going to get into another pissing contest 
> with you because you seem to enjoy that.

Oh Geoffrey stop that again, it makes you look petty. You respond to 
someone's comments, and when they respond back you point a finger and 
call it a pissing contest.  Nice.

> But, I did not once mentioned creating any laws.  The original post 
> was about a law that was pushed through that would quote: 'allow 
> internet service providers to play favorites among different web
 > sites.'  Seems to me, I'm simply arguing against that law.

You are arguing against a new law in the present case of "Net 
Neutrality".  But your comments (that I was replying to above) about TV 
Pop-up ads and TV broadcasters clearly implied that if you didn't do 
_something_ to stop them the world could run a muck.

-Jim P.