Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
I called it yesterday and here's the proof in the pudding:
S.F. mayor sees wireless service as basic rightOh my fracking GOD! What next - every bum on the street will deserve an IBM ThinkPad because it's 'fundamentally part of all human rights accords'!?!
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalize gay marriage, said on Monday he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens.
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"This is inevitable -- Wi-Fi. It is long overdue," Newsom told a news conference at San Francisco's City Hall. "It is to me a fundamental right to have access universally to information," he said.
I could care less about Gavin 'Let's Make Up Laws!' Newsom, but this sort of smacks of a hidden agenda - and I'm not talking about a political agenda, but rather a Gavin-wants-to-make-some-money-for-a-few-favors type agenda. There is nothing to back up my hunch, but it is what it is: a hunch. Then again, Newsom doesn't strike me as having all his oars-in-the-water.
Geez....what a maroon.
These guys are outof touch. It's like all teh data about what to do in Louisiana during the disas
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nathalie said:
basic human rights? that term sure is being diminished by nutjobs like Newsom. by the way, mr. sl
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caltechgirl said:
hey, I'll take it. As long as it costs me less than paying the frigging cable or phone company f
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hey, I'll take it. As long as it costs me less than paying the frigging cable or phone company for it.
but it is absurd.
|| Posted by caltechgirl, October 4, 2005 03:57 PM ||basic human rights? that term sure is being diminished by nutjobs like Newsom. by the way, mr. slicked-back-do: it's a basic right of business to make a living on their goods, too. if people need their "basic right" of information access, go to the library!! you can get books and internet access there for "free" (free = taxpayer funded).
|| Posted by nathalie, October 5, 2005 09:30 PM ||These guys are outof touch. It's like all teh data about what to do in Louisiana during the disaster was posted to teh web. "just look up the site" - but then, most poor people don't have web access. And while we're at it, most people don't have guaranteed electricity and phone lines during an emergency.
I think these folks are looking at the problem backwards.
Forty acres and a lunar lander!
While it is a *COOL* idea, it is not a basic human right. And it's certainly not a good idea to rely on it during a natural disaster! That's like relying on cable television. Whatever happened to raincoats and bullhorns anyway?
|| Posted by somebigmouth, October 10, 2005 01:13 AM ||