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

[Roland Perry]

In message <4B4821E0.5020008 at itforchange.net>, at 11:57:44 on Sat, 9 Jan 
2010, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>
>Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <4B46D0F8.101 at itforchange.net>, at 12:00:16 on Fri, 8 Jan 
>>2010, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>>
>>> there is another ideology  opposed to this one which believes that 
>>>there is at present large scale social injustice which has to be 
>>>corrected by strong positive measures for social justice - which 
>>>often involves redistributive measures which you call as 'magic 
>>>financial crutch'.
>>
>> Just to be clear, I was describing what I believe to be Margaret 
>>Thatcher's views, when she made her much misquoted statements about 
>>"society". That was many years ago, and I don't necessarily agree with 
>>the philosophy either then, or now. But I do feel that if you are 
>>going to criticise someone, the least you can do first is properly 
>>understand what it is you are criticising.
>Mr Perry
>
>I well know what I am criticizing, or rather engaging with, so I 
>request that you avoid snob statements.

Perhaps it would have been clearer if I'd said "...the least *one* can 
do..." etc. It wasn't a comment on your position.

>You quoted Thatcher, and then explained the quote using the 'magic 
>financial crutch' language,

Because that was what she was referring to. As I also explained, that's 
nothing to do with my personal views on the matter, just a clarification 
of her expression "no such thing as society".

>> Meanwhile, I spend quite a lot of my time working for various 
>>charitable ventures which are in a very real sense "society's" 
>>manifestation of the philanthropic "Fairy Godmother", or to use your 
>>words "a redistributive measure".

>No, thats not the meaning of redistribution. In a way quite to the 
>contrary.

I'll try to find a different word for it in future.

>Now before you again react inappropriately as you did the last time, 
>let me tell you that my critiques are political and not personal, 
>unlike what comes out of the language you used.)

I'm sorry if you took my remarks personally, it was not intended. Indeed 
I wasn't trying to start a debate about politics at all. So I'll leave 
it there.
-- 
Roland Perry
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