Quote from: Wilikon on November 15, 2014, 04:04:29 PM

Quote from: jaysabi on November 15, 2014, 03:35:48 AM

Quote from: Wilikon on November 13, 2014, 06:16:00 PM

Quote from: jaysabi on November 13, 2014, 06:04:28 PM

Quote from: Wilikon on November 13, 2014, 05:49:18 PM

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/november_2014/61_oppose_federal_regulation_of_the_internet

That's nice, but rather irrelevant.

See: 59% of Americans Oppose NSA Program
Or: 52% of Americans feel taxes are too high

Being in the majority of public opinion doesn't make it good policy. Further, it doesn't even suggest they understand the issue in the slightest. If you asked these same people if they wanted Comcast or Cox to have the power to slow down internet traffic to certain websites, you would not get 61% saying yes. It's all about the framing of the question, this one used the buzz word "government regulation." They sampled 1,000 people who may or may not be knowledgeable about the topic, framed the question as one about government regulation, and got this result. Meanwhile, the FCC site has over 4,000,000 comments asking the FCC to reclassify ISPs from people who are interested enough in the situation to educate themselves on the topic and then leave a comment on the FCC website on the matter. To me, the latter anecdote is far more significant than 1000 people who may not even understand the situation and are responding to the way the question is framed.

So the people should trust this government now, more than ever based on its great trusted track record?

You can do whatever you please. I'm backing the side that's the most right.

I have nothing against people with a belief they cannot prove with science either.

"My side is the most right" Cheesy

There's no science to this. If you want to prop your opinion up with a bunch of baseless assumptions though, the root one being that everything the government does is wrong, that's fine. Doesn't make for a compelling case though.