KittenKoder
Senior Member
i've got a for instance for you- what if bush had proposed this bill?
Bush didn't need to propose the bill, he had already assigned himself the power to do this.
The ability has always existed for the government to take over communications, radio, TV and internet is no different. I think what the objections are over is that the government wants to specify private companies as security risks and make them accountable for screening their employees. [or letting the government do it] Which I really don't have a problem with either.
This certainly would be prudent for utilities employees for instance; ie., electric companies, sewer and water installations especially.
Um ... yeah, the internet is very different. They can only effect those with business licenses (which I am still against as well) and I would venture at least half the servers are privately owned and operated, therefore private property, and a lot of US sites are hosted offshore anyway (typically a country with fewer restrictions due to the lower cost of operation). Even China has a hard time controlling their users access, back doors are not difficult to find.