The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me. The city of Provo is thinking about implementing a city-wide fiber optic network, and some apparent whacko believes that the city is pushing porn by doing so. Gotta love this quote: “Purveyors of sleaze will be able to lease this network to pipe virtually anything they want into our homes.” That’s right, apparently pornography will show up on your computer monitor and television screen against your will if this high-speed network is made available to you.
I get pissed off when newspapers print public forum articles like this, with no apparent basis in reality. Seeing as how high-speed internet access is already available in Provo, and that users of said internet are able to choose what shows up on their screens, I can only wonder what the point of this opinion piece is. Certainly Provo’s proposed network has nothing to do with pornography, since the demand and infrastructure are already there.
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Wow… this person must be related to the one who thinks that concealed weapon permits lead to gang-war bloodbaths.
I’ll bet it’s this guy, who is an Assistant Professor of Economics at BYU.
Strangely, there was another “keep guns out of school” opinion piece two weeks ago by another assistant professor at BYU.
They’re both a couple of dorky-looking guys who probably have nothing better to do than delve into issues that have no real bearing on their lives–that, and they probably meet once a week to play D&D in one of their mothers’ basements.
SAY NO TO ELECTRICITY AND THE PRINTING PRESS!
whoa… rebelo. it’s been a while since i’ve heard of you. although, you probably don’t remember me.
but yeah, keep technology away from our children, and our adults… and our seniors. fuck technology. goddamn smut peddlers is what they are. pfft.