[governance] 'search neutrality' to go with net neutrality

[Michael Gurstein]

Since when did acting in the public interest become "demanding a government
crutch"?

These kinds of rhetorical flourishes indicate a deep if apparently
unconscious set of ideological blinkers that in fact belie the rather more
compromising content of the statement being made.

MBG

-----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at acm.org] 
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:20 AM
To: IGC
Subject: Re: [governance] 'search neutrality' to go with net neutrality


Hi,

This seems to describe things in such black and white contrast:  either
governments must come in and give us a crutch or we have a dog eat dog
Thatcherite regime.

I think the appropriate balance varies over time - and in my opinion this is
a time where while the absolute power or responsibility of the government is
(or should be) waning, it is still not completely out of the equation.  If I
look at the discussions we have had on these topics, i think most of use
fall somewhere on a very wide spectrum between those who demand a government
crutch from the nanny state and Thatcherite laissez faire regime.

a.



On 7 Jan 2010, at 09:09, Roland Perry wrote:

> So it's nothing to do with "social/public interest", but whether or 
> not people can expect a magic financial crutch to support them in 
> their adversity. It's almost exactly the same set of issues as the 
> current USA healthcare debate.
> 
> I wonder how many people on this list would wish that governments got 
> themselves organised, and [attempted to] sort out all the perceived 
> ills on the Internet, on the grounds that they believe the current 
> mechanisms were failing their collective citizens?
> 
> And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is most of the IG debate in a 
> nutshell.

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