U.S. Government Proposes "Internet Kill Switch"

[Hithlain]

Besides the fact that I'm not sure how it's possible to "turn the internet off"... why would a country willingly give their government the right to turn off the largest free speech platform in the entire world?

I can only imagine the scenario in which a corrupt president turns it off so that we can't communicate, calling some resistance movement "terrorism". I mean, isn't controlling the internet something that corrupt governments would love to have?

 

[Znakemane]

Why should the us government have the authority over the internet in the first place? It's not like it's theirs.

 

[Pinstar]

If you remember, the president also has the red telephone 'kill switch' on his desk too, and that hasn't been used.

I guess this would be a bright red laptop?

 

[Flying-Emu]

"We cannot afford to wait for a cyber-9/11 before our government realizes the importance of protecting our cyber-resources," said bill co-sponsor Senator Susan Collins [http://collins.senate.gov/public/].

Neither can we stand idly by and allow this sort of insult to occur. Talk about cock-slapping the free economy. Requiring companies to partake in this? And I'm guessing they'll have to pay some sort of dividend FOR this "information sharing." Sounds like the govvies are trying to rake up some more cash to pour into their stupid fuckin' war.

 

[molesgallus]

Oh, Lieberman! What zany right-wing paranoid fear-mongering will you bring us next? And, more importantly, what civil liberties crushing solution will you propose?

Gut miranda rights? Check. Deny accused criminals other basic rights? Check. Pave the way for a government seizure of the internet? Check.

I could have sworn Lieberman was an Independent Democrat. So wouldn't he be left wing? Or is that the problem? I haven't paid much attention with politics, they've increasingly made me jaded and depressed.

He's whatever the lobbyists want him to be...

 

[Quaxar]

This is an outrage!
If anyone needs me, I'll be in the anger-dome...
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac280/Schuel12/farnsworthangrydomegif.gif

Let us combine our resources and send that jerk a Guy Fawkes mask!

 

[Jared]

Oh yeah?

Well the US government can suck my cock.

Damn right!

How amazingly self-centred of them... That would disrupt internet commerce the world over!

I'm all for increased levels of security online... but that's just going way too far.

Agreed...how can they think they can control peoples freedoms...this is such a stupid idea...and, I really hope the bill will. Not. Pass!

 

[molesgallus]

Why should the us government have the authority over the internet in the first place? It's not like it's theirs.

Exactly.

 

[craddoke]

I could have sworn Lieberman was an Independent Democrat. So wouldn't he be left wing? Or is that the problem? I haven't paid much attention with politics, they've increasingly made me jaded and depressed.

He lost the Democratic primary here in Connecticut and started his own party (it has since repudiated him - which has got to hurt since it had his name in its title). He supposedly caucuses with Democrats but campaigned for McCain and can always be relied upon to support knee-jerk conservative responses (both regarding national security and "morals").

Fortunately, his chances of being reelected at this point are about the same as BP being named the this year's most environmentally friendly corporation.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Oh yeah?

Well the US government can suck my cock.

That's not the US government.
That's Joe Lieberman.
I doubt anyone takes the guy seriously.

 

[Mr. Grey]

I could have sworn Lieberman was an Independent Democrat. So wouldn't he be left wing? Or is that the problem? I haven't paid much attention with politics, they've increasingly made me jaded and depressed.

He lost the Democratic primary here in Connecticut and started his own party (it has since repudiated him - which has got to hurt since it had his name in its title). He supposedly caucuses with Democrats but campaigned for McCain and can always be relied upon to support knee-jerk conservative responses (both regarding national security and "morals").

Fortunately, his chances of being reelected at this point are about the same as BP being named the this year's most environmentally friendly corporation.

Oh, Lieberman! What zany right-wing paranoid fear-mongering will you bring us next? And, more importantly, what civil liberties crushing solution will you propose?

Gut miranda rights? Check. Deny accused criminals other basic rights? Check. Pave the way for a government seizure of the internet? Check.

I could have sworn Lieberman was an Independent Democrat. So wouldn't he be left wing? Or is that the problem? I haven't paid much attention with politics, they've increasingly made me jaded and depressed.

He's whatever the lobbyists want him to be...

So he's basically That Guy. I don't even want to know how long he's been in office, it's bad enough Michele Bachmann is in there.

 

[Kross]

Ahahahah, people already want to get the Root DNS [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nameserver] servers out of just the US. An idiotic bill like this would just speed up the process.

Silly Lieberman, you couldn't get rid of video games, and there's no way you can shut off the Internet.

For those who don't know, Lieberman is our equivalent of Australia's Michael Atkinson. He's been on an anti-violent video game crusade for as long as I can remember. He's also among the first political figures I remember hating as a teenager for his anti-gaming bile.

 

[Woodsey]

Oh yeah?

Well the US government can suck my cock.

That's not the US government.
That's Joe Lieberman.
I doubt anyone takes the guy seriously.

Not a clue who he is (I'm British), but if that's the case then I retract my cock-sucking statement and issue it directly to Joe Lieberman.

 

[Krantos]

Um.... China anyone?

Free exchange of information. Yeah, there are risks, but that just means you buy a better firewall. This is the sort of thing I'd have expected from the Bush administration. I feel betrayed that a Dem brought it up.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

"We cannot afford to wait for a cyber-9/11 before our government realizes the importance of protecting our cyber-resources," said bill co-sponsor Senator Susan Collins [http://collins.senate.gov/public/].

Neither can we stand idly by and allow this sort of insult to occur. Talk about cock-slapping the free economy. Requiring companies to partake in this? And I'm guessing they'll have to pay some sort of dividend FOR this "information sharing." Sounds like the govvies are trying to rake up some more cash to pour into their stupid fuckin' war.

I like how the fines are basically a way of keeping the angle that they still have the right to refuse it. Regardless, this is a joke, and I just can't imagine that they don't understand how many people this would affect!

 

[JasonKaotic]

Oh yeah?

Well the US government can suck my cock.

This.
I don't even live in the US, they have no right to turn off the internet for every single fucking country in the world.

 

[noobface]

Not as bad as the proposed Digital Economy Bill.

That got passed a week before the election.