So, what now?

You know, I’ve read Save the Internet, and I’m finding it very, very difficult to believe that their predictions about the potential effects of the fact that the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 without the Net Neutrality Amendment attached. Even without having ever read any of the arguments against the amendment, I keep having Deja Vu every time I read anything on that site.

A while back, Florida passed a law that many called the “Shoot First” law. It essentially said that if you’re in a place that you had every right to be, and someone attacks you, you don’t have to wait until you have no other option — you may defend yourself without running away. Detractors of this law were adamant that it would turn Florida into a modern-day “Wild West”, where there were constant shoot-outs and the police would be powerless to stop them because of this law that said it was okay.

Now, maybe the Save The Internet people are right. Maybe this is a very bad thing… I’m just not seeing any real evidence for that stance that doesn’t remind me of the frantic “Wild West!” screaming that I heard from gun grabbers when Florida’s law was passed, and having not been convinced that government regulation is necessary in this case, I have to go with my gut, which, as always, says: “More freedom is good.”

I am open-minded on the issue, though, and if someone would like to try to educate me, they’re more than welcome to argue the point.