I was hoping to buy the current Oculus, but I never got around to it since I for one need to plan out a bit more when it comes to that price. At a $200 price point though, I can pick one up without having to think about it twice. I'm getting one when it comes out.
I agree completely. The alternative is that the bad ideas get hidden away, and not seeing the light of day, they begin to fester sort of like social rot. Or worst, people turn to violence. Free speech is not only about being heard, but about weeding out bad ideas.
A great book on the subject is Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch. He can explain the importance of free speech much gooderer than I ever could. :)
The more Google has been back pedaling on their unofficial motto "Don't Be Evil", the more wary I become when they start acquiring companies. I like HTC and I would like it to stay that way. I hope this merger doesn't happen.
> I'm all for everyone commenting so at least it's well known how far this FCC is going against public opinion
From where I'm standing, I don't see a huge opposition against this move apart from a vocal minority. I believe it's due to the fact that at this stage the arguments are academic, and as such highly debatable. If they kill net neutrality and people see substantive impacts on their wallets or service, that will be the time to take up arms. At this point in time, I don't see it happening.
Welcome to a liberal democracy, where we discuss ideas openly and allow them to flourish or die on the market place of ideas. Trying to shame people and trying to silence them eventually only makes the message stronger.
The same liberal democracy affords us the moral and legal right to not listen as well. There's no legal or moral argument to oblige others to listen or to make them captives to your words (heck, read SCOTUS on the matter, they side with me even in conservative times).
