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Originally posted by AccessDenied
" Of course you realize...this means war. " - Bugs Bunny
Kill the damn thing already maybe we would actually get off line and do something.
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by cavalryscout
And precedent? Want to know what the first thing the cops do during any sort of stand-off? They kill the phone lines so that the person inside cannot communicate with the outside world. This is the same concept on a larger scale.
~Heff
As much as I love the internet, it cannot be trusted, it has become a vast propagandist tool,
I know the same social websites have been used to incite violence and uprisings but if you weigh the pros and cons I bet most governments would prefer the internet remain available to the masses.
Scary stuff.
I don't think anyone is going to kill the internet. The idea is just ludicrous.
Originally posted by XLR8R
reply to post by Hefficide
I guess we'll be back to 80's, early 90's type servers to distribute info as to not be to scrutinized then. Or TOR...I gotta learn more about that.
Originally posted by cavalryscout
reply to post by Hefficide
I understand the logic and of course China, Iran, N. Korea are known censors of the internet. For the same type of censorship to occur in a country such as the U.S. or U.K. it would probably cause a civil war if not mass rioting.
Again I fail to understand why they would tamper with a system that provides so much information.
Think about the millions of morons who willingly display every aspect of their lives on Facebook and Twitter it's an easy way for the government to monitor its citizens. I know the same social websites have been used to incite violence and uprisings but if you weigh the pros and cons I bet most governments would prefer the internet remain available to the masses.
As it stands the internet is the single greatest threat facing the elite puppeteers... and anyone who can't see that simple fact is completely blind.