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Originally posted by Lee@Dec 7 2004, 07:53 AM
JR,
You have to admit though, democracy or not, this individual group *IS* taking the piss.
I mean seriously, do they not have anything better to do than call up the FCC every time they hear or see something they dont like?
Remember now.. we arent talking about every now and again, we are talking about a group lodging 99.9% of complaints with the FCC, how many of those were upheld and how many werent? Better yet.. how much of OUR tax money was spent because of their actions?
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What would you, Alex or PD propose as an alternative? I wholeheartedly disagree with the group in question and everything they stand for but I don't disagree with their voicing their opinions. According to the PTC website, they have one million members. Do they deserve a voice?
Well, how about the "American Civil Liberties Union"? Don't they "dictate the standards" also? Hasn't the ACLU, an organized group of libertarians had an influence on american politics and standards well beyong their number of members? Wasn't it the ACLU that managed to get CDA and CDA II overturned?
How about the Rainbow Coalition? How about NOW?
What version of Democracy would permit one brand of special interest group to survive and not another?