Mulling over Joe Bruchis to Steve Asher 27 Oct 2006

Hi Joe;

> JB> I couldn't agree with you more.  I looked around at the way things
> JB> are headed and got a warm feeling.  The internet will die as we
> JB> know it, which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading
> JB> the words of truth now being spread on the net.

>That was Kurt Nimmo, but the thrust of the article is interesting for
>die-hard sysops. I don't know which is the worse threat to users of 
>the Internet; governments that seek to ban access to sites and information 
>- China, Vietnam, Iran etc, or those that introduce restrictive access and 
>licence arrangements for commercial gain. Germany is to charge a monthly 
>licence fee for any computer or mobile phone that is capable of receiving 
>radio and TV broadcasts; the UN would like to tax broadband connections 
>to bridge the so-called "digital divide" etc - the thin end
of the wedge
>for global taxation of all sorts of goods & servicES

 JB> The way I understand it, it will cost $$ to register a website with
 JB> the consent of the Gov't, and the content will have to be approved.

There are a number of issues with Governments and Industry controlling
the internet & websites. If individuals are required to register their
sites, or have them approved etc, it is a bit like having a telephone
that only receives calls, and won't let you place a telephone capable
of calling out on your allotted number (analagous to IP address).
Long before my time, broadcast radio in Australia had a system of
"sealed sets", where you bought a radio receiver that could only
tune into the station you subscribed to - if you wanted to "change
channel", you needed another radio. Nazi Germany, if I recall correctly,
prevented reception of "foreign" channels - BBC etc; the Soviet Union
jammed outside TV & radio signals, etc.

 JB> A bot will scour the net for un-registered/or unauthorized sites
 JB> and deal with them accordingly.  For instance, just the fact that I
 JB> am discussing this issue could allow me to be classified as a
 JB> "terrorist" uder the Patriot Act or worse yet an
"enemy combatant"
 JB> under the new HR 6166. In the case of the latter, I can be shipped
 JB> to a Government Camp and be tried without an attorney before a
 JB> military tribunal.  I would also be allowed to be tortured.

No, it isn't torture - it is some euphemism, like "waterboarding" where
they strap you to a board with a bag over your head & nearly drown you.
The RSPCA would be on your case if you did it to your dog, but apparently
it is OK to do to humans.

 JB> The new laws we are seeing these years, bring us closer and closer
 JB> to communism. Under communism, the Government owns everything and
 JB> the population must jump through hoops to secure Government
 JB> permissions. 

I don't see much difference at all between Western "cold war" propaganda,
and what the West is becoming since the fall of the Soviet Union. The
State monitored all the phone calls; children were taken from mothers
and indoctrinated; people couldn't have motor cars, fax machines, photo
copiers and all the stuff we took for granted - now we have printers
that hide identifiers in our prints, surveillance cameras everywhere,
but no increase in safety.

 JB> Since the top 1% of the rich control, it is they and the Government
 JB> that control what happens in the U.S., and it is we, mainly the
 JB> middle class, that will be closely watched and controlled. 

 JB> Have a great weekend!!

Thanks, I did. I am watching an old road bridge being demolished over the rail
lines, to be replaced by an underpass, & getting a heap of demolition pics.

Cheers, Steve..

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