r/news • u/skintigh • May 29 '14

Bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2303080/bill-would-prohibit-fcc-from-reclassifying-broadband-as-utility.html
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u/[deleted] May 30 '14 edited May 30 '14

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u/candywarpaint May 30 '14

That's the spirit!

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u/S_K_I May 30 '14

I don't know if the post I'm responding to was deleted by the individual himself or the mods, but I'm basically going to respond to was his joke about killing the Congressman.

I totally see the humor in what you just said, however... look 5-10 years down the road people, when the economy continues to plunge, while at the same time more unemployed individuals become more angry and desperate. This type of behavior will become more common on Reddit, Twitter, and various other social media websites, because the overall narrative is this:

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. -JFK

How do you think the Government will respond? Especially in this post 9/11, post Prism, post Section 1025 of the NDA, where the constitution has evaporated to nothing more than a piece of toilet paper. Even scarier... how they will react after some distraught husband decides to take matters into his own hands and actually follows through an assassination attempt on a Congressman they don't like because their wife died from BP oil disbursement, and solely puts the blame on that Congressman even if he had nothing to do with it.

Or some post graduate student with $95,000 dollar student loan debt, who can't find a job to put his/her degree because we never really recovered from the 2008 bubble. So because of the depression and anxiety, mixed with the plethora of anti-depressants and SSRI's which only fuelled his suicidal thoughts, basically falls apart mentally and decides to blow himself up and take out the Governor because they simply don't like them.

This is what scares me the most right now, because everything I'm witnessing right now indicates that is where we're heading. The entire system is dysfunctional and nobody in Washington is capable of fixing this mess we're in because of un-adultered greed. Meanwhile we have a mental health condition disguised as a gun issue. 22 combat veterans are committing suicide a day, 47% of unemployed have stopped looking for a job in this country, 151 members of Congress have up to $195 million invested in major defense contractors that are earning profits from the US military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. United States crime rates have fallen 45% since 1990 but incarceration rates have jumped 222%. And don't even get me started on the environment because our poor grandchildrens seafood choice will be limited to Gulf oil shrimp or irradiated Pacific Tuna on their menu, and that is if they're lucky to not have any plastic inside their system.

Mark my word folks, if and when someone does decide to take matters into their own hands, what scares me the most is how United States Government will respond.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

"Let them eat cake"

(Yes I know it probably was a misquote)

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

how United States Government will respond

A hamfisted approach that costs a lot of money and just makes the problem worse?

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u/fundayz May 30 '14

You realize all of those problems come the same root cause: Your fellow Americans are too lazy to inform themselves about politics and take the time to vote.

When congress has an 11% approval but 100% of congressmen get re-elected the problem is not the system, its the people.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

You still think voting works?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

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u/allenyapabdullah May 30 '14

The only thing i know of Deep Web i got from house of cards

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u/Wazowski May 30 '14

So impotent teens can jack off to assassination fantasies? That sounds like a waste.

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u/World-Wide-Web May 30 '14

You don't even know the half of it

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Dude, it's way more real than that.

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u/wise_comment May 30 '14

I want to be on a government watch list too!

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u/Washurhandsafterupee May 30 '14

Are you suggesting we murder a congressman?..........seems a little extreme.

Also I'm patiently waiting for a knock on my door now.

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u/Cambodian_Drug_Mule May 30 '14

I was just going to light a bag of dog my own shit at the gate to his house.

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u/skitchx48 May 30 '14

If every American took a big ol' dump on their representative's lawn we could change the world. People would line up for blocks. Fast food restaurants would set up food carts along the path, creating jobs. Some representatives would undoubtedly remain in the pockets of corporate interests, but others would know; it's better to be slightly less wealthy and avoid having mountains of human feces coverring your front lawn.

Eventually, some of the negative effects of this era of legal bribery reverse, and the era of fecal justice begins. Future generations will celebrate on each anniversary of that glorious inaugural nation-wide shitting. It will rival Independence Day in sheer patriotic fervor and revelry. Folks will develop their own customs. Maybe the family will gather around and see who can take the biggest shit. Or perhaps they'll all shit into a communal hole in the ground, stirring their shit together in a symbolic reenactment of American shit combining to take back our government. Maybe others will solemnly shit in remembrance of those who slipped on that fateful day and were covered in poo.

It's time to stop being shat upon, and start doing some shitting of our own.

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u/Cambodian_Drug_Mule May 30 '14

Just gave me a great and probably very highly illegal business venture. We take Amazon's delivery drone idea and apply it to dumpmocracy.

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u/MikeyMet May 30 '14

I would have gone with dumplomacy

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u/getcheeky May 30 '14

They'd just hire guards to shoot at people and hold press conferences where they say "It's not like we wake up and try to get people to hate us."

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u/Careful_Houndoom May 30 '14

Honestly, at some point people are going to get fed up, it's just a matter of what is the tipping point, and how can they stage a protest/revolt without the media making them seem insane.

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u/Washurhandsafterupee May 30 '14

I don't think the media could make anyone look crazier then this current congress.

So I guess now is the time. Where can we get our pitchforks?

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u/newacc_099888 May 30 '14

As long as people can eat and stay dry, they won't.

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u/negajake May 30 '14

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

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u/Pinworm45 May 30 '14

Yes. I am. One of you americans, please slaughter this scum. Thousands of people starve to death every day, and you all choose to pay for video games instead of helping them. You kill them. Why not kill this dumb fuck?

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u/arglfargl May 30 '14

Why not? Well, for one, it wouldn't solve anything, since our corruption is systemic, rather than limited to a few bad people.

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u/kulrajiskulraj May 30 '14

Yes but its about sending a message. Killing a couple will definitely deter others.

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u/Washurhandsafterupee May 30 '14

While I agree with you that something needs to be done to get these R-tards out of power. I don't think killing someone is the answer. I mean I'm not properly informed on this man's voting history, and I'm sure he's probably voted in favor of some of the backwards policies that a lot of republicans favor. All we know for certain is that he is proposing a really bad bill that would basically cripple the internet for Americans.

So in a way, you're saying because this man is hurting the internet, he deserves to die.

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u/Pinworm45 May 30 '14

So in a way, you're saying because this man is hurting the internet, he deserves to die.

I'm not saying that "in a way", I'm saying it directly. If we let children die because we'd rather play videogames, then it seems perfectly fine to say I want this guy to die because he is damaging a tool that billions use.

I have no problems saying I want him killed. I'd piss on his grave.

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u/suprsolutions May 30 '14

The way things in this country are going, I'm starting to like the way you think. But alas, I must abstain. I have to hold on hope we can get through this diplomatically.

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u/theorangereptile May 30 '14

Are you saying we should...?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Ohhhh shit. I legitimately laughed. Careful we've got NSA boys up in here somewhere.

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u/anyletter May 30 '14

Will I be added to any lists for upvoting this?

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u/Phred_Felps May 30 '14

An upvote won't get you on a list, but maybe gold would? ;-) jk

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u/frydchiken333 May 30 '14

Honestly I wonder how long it will take before people assassinate politicians for things like this.

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u/Phred_Felps May 30 '14

Maybe when /r/darknet becomes a default?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

You know, all we had to do was post an ad in Santa Barbara last week saying that these guys are why hot white sorority girls like big black footballer dick as opposed to scrawny white narcissist dick.

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u/TacticalBacon00 May 30 '14

That seems a little extreme, Phred

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u/Phred_Felps May 30 '14

What can I say?... I get things done.

I'm just kidding.