[11716] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The EFF and Universal Access -- and Andrew Carnegie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Fri Apr 15 10:13:47 1994
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 94 16:05 EDT
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9404141238.A20013-0100000@world.std.com> (message from Miles R Fidelman on Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:48:57 -0400 (EDT))
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:48:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Whoa, dude; weren't you listening in those civics classes you laud so
> highly? The government's role is to force people to do things they
> would not otherwise do. Otherwise, why have a government?
I thought it was to:
"form a more perfect union, establish justice, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"
Why do we need a government to do that? Aren't all of these things
desirable enough that people will get them without a government?
The Internet is a good thing--why does anyone suggest that government
pay for it?
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> ftp.msen.com:pub/vendor/crynwr/crynwr.wav
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