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Obama speaks out on Network Neutrality

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That's a bold move in this political environment! (Score: 2, Insightful)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-11-11 20:28 (#2TZS)

Really? As non-American I follow American internal politics only superficially, so I might miss something, but does he still has something to lose? IMHO one can only be bold, if there is something to lose.

Re: That's a bold move in this political environment! (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-11-11 20:51 (#2TZW)

Good point. That sentence was my addition to the submitted article, and my point was that it's hard to have hope when Congress is now in the hands of the Republicans, whose sole purpose on earth is to defeat anything Obama proposes. But maybe you're right, and I hope you are! [I also hope this story remains about tech, and steers clears of politics. I hate politics.]

Re: That's a bold move in this political environment! (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-11 21:19 (#2TZZ)

If you hate politics, why would you add a politically-charged statement to the article?

Re: That's a bold move in this political environment! (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-11-11 21:27 (#2V00)

Because that's the story.

Re: That's a bold move in this political environment! (Score: -1, Offtopic)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-11-11 21:55 (#2V02)

How is it the story whether or not Obama has made a bold political move? I thought the story was about how the President's adding his voice to the debate might affect the FCC's decision on Net Neutrality.

Now, the whole Net Neutrality debate is certainly political in nature. However, you said you hate politics, and yet you made a political story with technical elements even MORE political. I don't get it. I would have thought someone who hated politics would have made edits in the direction of making it LESS political and more technical.

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