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R. Daneel Olivaw

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46. This is a repost from another conversation a moment ago.

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 01:37 AM

Nov 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4056212

I'd like to rationally dissuade you from your argument for a moment. Facebook, Twitter and all the DotCom others...even your smartphone are what? They are businesses, and businesses can be regulated or shut down or off in the event of a threat.

At the very least the other businesses, Verizon (they suck but for a completely different reason), Comcast, RCN and others could easily slow down or limit data for a while seeing how many of them are in bed with the Federal Government.

There is not constitutional right to Facebook, Twitter or social media in general.

Yes, people would be pissed off, but they would also see the cops for what they really are, the military for what they really are and who they pay their homage to...not you not me.

I'm not so sure that people would want to take on the establishment and risk bodily injury or death over the lost use of Facebook...especially when the media will be portraying them as slacker hordes coming out of their mother's basement. Just you wait for that part.

Yeah, I'm jaded. But I marched for peace before we wasted Iraq a second time for Bush's legacy. What did we accomplish? Who really cared a fuck for it?

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I totally disagree with you both. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #32

Maybe... OTOH... That Might Just Be The Match That Strikes The Fire.. WillyT Nov 2013 #36

This is a repost from another conversation a moment ago. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #46

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Thank you WillyT Trailrider1951 Nov 2013 #8

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+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #17

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They probably wouldn't accept it. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #34

but imagine the optics of that!!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #35

You would have to have a presser with said companies harassing another company...or so the R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #41

then have them across the street with big signs...Walmart Employees Food Drive! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #43

It could be done on a local *grassroots level, but I doubt that a corp will do that to another corp. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #45

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