Are you sure?
Aren't these the same consumers that continue to buy toys from China and the same consumers that use teflon pans when cooking even though they have been proven to cause cancer? The same consumers that gamble their life savings away at quarter slot casinos, the same consumers that smoke cigarettes and know they are going to die because of it, the same consumers that respond to e-mails from fake people overseas trying to steal their money and the same consumers that pay at least $10.00 more per product at the store just to get all the name brands.
It's not much different if you think about it. Sadly this will get accepted by a stunning majority of people that don't realize how good they have it right now. And even when the internet is finally filtered, most of these people won't even notice. Because they go on with their day to day routines powered by a common displacement, a mutual complacency and most of all a collective misunderstanding of the world around them. Another step in the wrong direction, America.
Ron Paul '08
(Deep breath in) No, these are not even close to similar. You have an interesting mix of things that are supposed to correspond to me choosing an internet carrier, so I can't really generalize with one counter point, so will do them all individually.
It's exactly like buying crappy toys from China. If you dont want them, dont buy them. That one was easy. Same goes with the teflon pans. As far as the quarter slots and smoking... well I have no idea what that is all about. But I choose not to gamble quarter slots and smoke, just as I would choose not to have a cable company that filtered searches. I think the big difference there is that gambling and cigarettes are addicting, and even though some people want to quit using them, they simply cant. Fake oversea emails??? WTF??? I mean, what?? How..does this...huh? And have you been to Wal-Mart? It's as name brand as you get and everything in that place is cheaper than shit. That's why they are Wal-mart, because they have name brand merchandise for very cheap. People like name brands because they have a name for a reason. They provided a consistant product for a long enough period of time that people know the names.
The simple fact is that if At&T filtered my search, I would call up Time Warner, Road Runner, Covad, Speakeasy...shit AOL, anyone that would not. if AT&T does do this, they will be marketing schools, businesses, churches, military, things like this, the average home consumer will always have other options.
lots of people ask that, wonder why
