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In article <DMHMMK.BpM@world.std.com>, boursy@world.std.com (Stephen
Boursy) wrote:


>         I perhaps overstated my case on the EFF when the were still in
> Cambridge.  Of course it's relevant and important for them to advocate
> for general online issues protecting ISP's from censorship, etc.  My
> point was, and remains, that they have done virtually nothing for
> individual consumers who have problems with ISP's regarding censorship--
> i.e. plug pulling, content censorship, forged cencels, etc.  That to me
> is where at least a healthy portion of the emphasis should be.

What an ISP provides in relation to their service is a business decision. 
What the Government does in relation to what a ISP can provide is
censorship. When a market is free a consumer can subscribe to another ISP
that does not engage in your above mentioned examples.  Your example is
not of censorship, but rather a business decision.
 
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>A vast majority of users come in from large profit oriented corporations who
> can well afford their own attorneys.  The emphasis, as with any decent
> consumer organiztion, must be on protecting the rights of the consumer
> which are often at odds with policies of profit making ISP's.
> 

Why must there always be someone with as Ludwig Von Mises put it "An
anti-capitalist mentality"?  There is nothing wrong with profit and there
is nothing wrong with large profit oriented corporations.  The problem
raises its ugly head when indivduals and groups use the force of the state
to make us do their bidding.  The problem with net censorship is with the
State.

Regards,  Matt-

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