Is Internet use a privilege or a right?
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Hidden80 is Wonderful
ANSWERS: 9
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Access to information is a right.
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Neither. It's based upon if you have a computer and internet access.
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It's certainly not a right but it's more than a privilege in that it can't be suspended per se. There are too many ways to get onto it. You can lose your accounts, phones, etc but you are not barred from it except by means of access. Kind of like driving. You can lose your car but you can still access the roads in other ways.
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It's a privilege, just like cable TV. The current administration has people thinking that everything they want they are entitled to -- at someone else's expense. Just not true.
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Well, there's that whole 'free speech' thing happenin'. ;-)
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Well since I'm over 21 and I pay for it, I think it is defintely a right.
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Its a right.
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It depends. Basic access is a right, just as being able to read a newspaper or use a phone. Modern technology has made e-mail as essential as a phone or a (snail)mailbox. However, much of it is a privilege, just like cable TV. If you want to stream Youtube or hang on Myspace then that is more of a privilege. By the same token, having a phone that doubles as an MP3 player and a GPS system is a luxury. We all have a right to information, and there is some information that is *only* available online. By the same token, the 'net can be either a tool or a toy depending on how it's used. As often is the case, technology has blurred the line and will force us to rethink many things. Is copyong data considered theft? They still have the item that was stolen. The law and our culture had to adapt to that change.
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I'm paying for it, so that makes it a right.
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