http://techliberation.com/2009/09/26/net-neutrality-regulation-online-productservice-definitions-online-taxation/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/09/26/net-neutrality-regulation-online-productservice-definitions-online-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-64702 David Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:59:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21977#comment-64702 <p>Type your comment here.There is no doubt the politicians want to tax the internet. They need to so they can provide the masses with more free stuff.</p> Type your comment here.There is no doubt the politicians want to tax the internet. They need to so they can provide the masses with more free stuff.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/26/net-neutrality-regulation-online-productservice-definitions-online-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-63040 David Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:59:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21977#comment-63040 <p>Type your comment here.There is no doubt the politicians want to tax the internet. They need to so they can provide the masses with more free stuff.</p> Type your comment here.There is no doubt the politicians want to tax the internet. They need to so they can provide the masses with more free stuff.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/09/26/net-neutrality-regulation-online-productservice-definitions-online-taxation/comment-page-1/#comment-62548 dm Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:52:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21977#comment-62548 <p>This is argument by sound-byte, not reason.<br><br>Definition is the first step to a lot of things: reason, thought, contracts, interoperating protocols. Maybe taxation, too, but also limitations on government behavior.<br><br>Ambiguity, on the other hand, is the tool of demagogues. But then again, so are terms like "cyber-libertarian" and "infrastructure socialism", so I guess you're comfortable with that.</p> This is argument by sound-byte, not reason.

Definition is the first step to a lot of things: reason, thought, contracts, interoperating protocols. Maybe taxation, too, but also limitations on government behavior.

Ambiguity, on the other hand, is the tool of demagogues. But then again, so are terms like “cyber-libertarian” and “infrastructure socialism”, so I guess you're comfortable with that.

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