[MD] Value and the Individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> What do you mean "have the quality of access?" The quality of the 
> internet is available to all.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Its available at all to those who can afford it. And for those who 
> can only afford dial-up, the Quality of the Internet is depreciable. 
> It takes my friend (who is on dial-up) ten times as long to watch 
> even short videos as it does me. And longer ones, or any type of 
> "rich media" (meaning multimedia, or high-bandwidth content), forget it.
> 
> People who can afford DSL or greater can watch movies, television 
> shows and stream audio broadcasts online. They can enable realtime 
> voice-chat, play in MMORPGs or social worlds like Second Life, they 
> can partake in multi-media events in online learning courses.
> 
> Those who cannot afford this, can't.
> 
> Then let's talk computers. I know many families who can't afford 
> computers. They don't get online at all.
> 
> Now let's talk experience. I can use my cell phone to call into JOTT 
> to leave a voice message that will automatically update my blog. I 
> can then use my bluetooth digital camera to take, edit and upload 
> pics immediately (yeah, broadband!). At home, I can edit images with 
> PhotoShop (retail $699), upload them to my website, then jump into 
> Second Life for an evening class (where video and audio streams are required).
> 
> My quality of access to the Internet is better than many because I 
> can pay for it.
> 
> Sorry, I don't want my income to determine the quality of education 
> to which I have access.

Of all people -- you seem to have forgotten completely about the public
library. 

> [Platt]
> You conveniently omitted your personal attack. "Because you lack the 
> balls to say what you really mean."
> 
> [Arlo]
> Omit it? Sorry. Thought it was clear what you were claiming to take 
> offense to. But, no you don't. And you still don't.
> 
> [Platt]
> So don't hold your breath. No point in continuing a conversation with 
> a deceiver and a bigot.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Right. I'm a bigot.

Anyone who engages in personal attacks is a bigot.


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