Comments on: Chuck DeVore Hypocritically Attacks Carly Fiorina on Internet Regulation

By: Flap

Flap — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:31 +0000

Already discussed.

Maybe DeVore himself can come on and explain why he has mischaracterized Fiorina’s statements.

Net neutrality was from another blogger. See blockquotes above.

For more and Fiorina’s answer to the flap, you can go here and watch the townhall where I saw her answer a question about this yesterday.

Link: http://flapsblog.com/2009/11/04/video-carly-fiorina-u-s-senate-campaign-announcement-townhall/

By: Andrew Vandever

Andrew Vandever — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:09:57 +0000

So, explain to me again how seizing physical property suspected of containing evidence pertaining to a case of child pornography is the same as regulating the internet. I only brought up Net Neutrality because it’s in your original post.

By: Flap

Flap — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:50:48 +0000

No, this issue is not about Net neutrality but about a politician spinning comments for his own political gain.

DeVore mischaracterized Fiorina’s statements in order to attack her.

Pretty simple really.

By: Andrew Vandever

Andrew Vandever — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:45:52 +0000

Wow, you’re comparing apples to oranges when you call Chuck a hypocrite. There’s a big difference between seizing physical property when you have reason to believe it contains evidence related to a case, versus regulating traffic on the internet. The second case is a first amendment issue, the first is not. Since child porn is already illegal, of course we should be aggressively convicting people who download and/or provide it, and working to take down their content. But when you start talking about more regulation, to me that implies things like deep packet inspection and the like, which are NOT okay, just as warrantless wiretapping is NOT okay – whether it’s Bush’s or Obama’s DoJ that’s defending it. And it’s rather naive of you to say what you do about Net Neutrality, trying to demonize Conservatives over it. I, too, used to be a big fan of Net Neutrality, until I read the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s article questioning its effects (http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/net-neutrality-fcc-perils-and-promise). While I still believe in the original principles of Net Neutrality, the jury is still out regarding the way our goofy politicians are actually typing it out. You should probably read up a bit more before spitting your ill-advised opinions all over everybody’s webs. Meh!

By: Kevin Durham

Kevin Durham — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:53:43 +0000

Thank you for the video, and post