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Re: [newtech-1] Finland makes broadband a legal right

From:	I. Cem Onur
Sent on:	Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:09 PM

Hah! We are living in crazy times. Nowadays almost everybody is a half-crazed, blood-thirsty, swashbuckling pirate. This is the age in which being a vampire is not just cool but super cool; having a tattoo and piercing is just picking up a new permanent accessory; having an alternative view is just being fashionable; being morbidly obese is normal; suing each other or taking out our guns and shooting everybody who happens to be around our vicinity and then taking out ourselves is the way to settle personal issues and differences; invading countries is referred to liberating them. No wonder we are having a hard time telling sarcasm from serious argument. Heck, I can't even tell whether a person is just plain crazy and talking to himself, or on the phone trying to convince his girlfriend to have threesome with his ex.

Finland thinking that fast, unobstructed access to the Internet is an individual's subjective right and that having every single citizen online, collaborating, sharing, connecting, producing and informing is an awesome thing. Finland being at the fore-front of civilization... Hah! I say again: legal right my teabag!

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Erik Nygren <[address removed]> wrote:

Haha, seconded. Dario, I wasn't convinced it was sarcasm until I read your email, text-only can be a dangerous limitation.

Props to the Fins, hopefully my Swedish countrymen will get inspired and get on that soon.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Dario Meli <[address removed]> wrote:

Cem, Thank you for this. Sarcasm seems to be the only reliable weapon in combatting the backwards notion that 'socialized' services are all evil. but i actually had to read it twice to make sure it was tongue in cheek ;-)

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:41 PM, I. Cem Onur <[address removed]> wrote:

Yeah I was just reading it this morning. Suddenly I felt bad for Finlanders. Socialized broadband; that's what it is! We are so above and beyond that level of civilization. I am free to live in an area where there is only one provider and I am grateful for the opportunity to abide by that sole provider's rules; so long as that provider is not bound by any law to provide me with the quality service I so chose to believe I deserve. Legal right my tea bags.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM, EddieN <[address removed]> wrote:

Heard about this yesterday:

TechCrunch: "Applause For Finland: First Country To Make Broadband Access A Legal Right"

Eddie, are you listening, FCC?
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