[Advocacy Advisors] Wikipedia Zero and net neutrality

[Stevie Benton]

Guys, seriously - does every discussion have to turn into a battle?


On 10 August 2014 18:00, Anirudh S. Bhati <anirudhsbh at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Jens Best <jens.best at wikimedia.de>
> wrote:
>
>> According to the press Patricio Lorente, member of the Foundation's
>> board, said:
>>
>> "Access to information is a basic human right. If net neutrality is
>> hurting a human right, we have to rethink net neutrality."
>>
>> Haven't heard such a single-sided, unbalanced and self-righteous statment
>> for a while.
>>
>> So, people standing for net neutrality are now became enemies of basic
>> human rights in the understanding of the foundation. - Well, if this low
>> level of discussion is reached, I guess it doesn't make sense to discuss
>> the subject with the foundation at all.
>>
> ​
> Last I checked, "self-righteous" could be used to describe the advocacy of
> a one-size-fits-all solution implemented in an absolutist fashion without
> regard to the rights and interests of those who would be most affected by
> it, i.e. the owners of private property.
>
> You like "net neutrality"?  Go buy your Internet access from a company
> that promises to adhere to those principles.  Or better yet, raise some
> money and start your own infra and ISP business.  Don't force others to
> play by your rules - that would be self-righteous.
>
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