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Re: Fwd: GORE ENDORSES EFF'S OPEN PLATFORM APPROACH
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 12:43:12 -0500
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1993 06:55:53 PST From: Bill Frezza (via RadioMail) <frezza () radiomail net> This whole thing is a case study of self contradiction - another typical woolly headed mixed solution. So when will the Department of Federal Information Equality start giving out "Info Stamps" to the less fortunate have-nots? Of course, they will only be able to use these to buy access to programs approved by PBS and NEA. We can't have the lower classes playing Mortal Kombat. And pray tell, how does a government "protect" competition? By punishing winners with anti-trust litigation and propping up losers with subsidies? We've done a swell job protecting competition in agriculture. Ever been to a cheese cave? I wonder how long it will be before we start filling up government warehouses with "information" that nobody wants produced by designated diversity groups using government subsidies. It reminds me of the art warehouses in Denmark. And what can be funnier than listening to the feds rant and rave about "unfettered monopolies." Only the government can create monopolies. Has anybody bothered to read the history behind the Communications Act of 1934 and the forced consolidation of the telephone business? Monopolies rarely arise and do not last long in a truly free market. What killed OPEC? Was it government regulation or deregulation? As a people we have learned nothing. We continue to get bamboozled by closet socialists using free market rhetoric. We want the material benefits of capitalism without understanding the underlying moral philosophy that makes it work. Somedbody needs to speak out on these things. Bill Frezza PS. I can't wait until Kapor is appointed undersecretary of information to ensure that our laws "stay flexible". ----- Forwarded Message GORE ENDORSES EFF'S OPEN PLATFORM APPROACH Washington -- Vice President Al Gore announced at the National Press Club today a long-term White House telecommunications policy initiative that incorporates the major elements of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Open Platform policy recommendations.
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