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Originally Posted by Highest Def
I'm a lot more worried about all the ignorance, paranoia and mis-information in this thread than I am about the government having the ability to shut down the internet.
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Believe it or not I'm actually trying to promote awareness in this thread, and for exactly that reason... that there are a lot of people out there who either haven't a clue about this bill or else they think Obama has gone and gotten himself a kill switch that allows him to "shut off the internets".
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Originally Posted by Highest Def
Imagine if we had no way to stop all aircraft during 9/11? That's the type of event that would have to happen for them to ever use this power. They're not going to shut down the web every second Tuesday of every other month.
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Exactly. But a lot of people don't realize all that, and many just don't like anyone having that kind of power in the first place. I've seen many posts around many other boards (mostly non-adult) that indicates to me that people don't quite understand why something like this would be necessary.
I'm of the mind that healthy discussion about anything important is always a good thing.