Seems like almost all the 11 Senators who voted against net neutrality are of a political stripe, and party, accurately perceived as being sensitive to the wishes of gun owners and conservative Christians.
So why didn't this big tent work? Easy. Because if I am a conservative Senator who is reflexively anti-regulation and pro-big business (i.e. carrier duopolists) while being say, pro-life and pro-gun, I know that gun owners and Christian Coalition members are not going to vote for my opponent out of disappointment I didn't vote for Net neutrality.
I know this because I know these people. They care about gun-owner rights, pro-life legislation, etc. far more than they do about Net Neutrality.Now, in case you didn't read between the lines, here's the fallacy: Russ seems to be saying that network neutrality is arguably more important than religious freedom or personal liberty (ie. the first and second amendments to which he alluded), which are guaranteed protections against the government in the Constitution. How on earth Russ complain that conversative senators will never vote net neutrality because of these things? These issues are fundamental to personal freedom and make the entire issue of network neutrality appear tiny and insignificant.
Proportion. Priorities. Don't forget who you are and where you live. And to all my freedom-loving American friends, happy Independence Day (a day late).
1. Politics is everywhere and we have to wait and see what will happen
Posted at 2:38PM on Aug 6th 2006 by voip guru