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Re: Internet Is Bad For You - The Daily Beast


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 05:41:45 -0500

I will repeat yet again. I forward articles that are intended to inform and often to inform readers of opinions that I disagree with but others will believe.

djf

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From: Christian Kuhtz <christian () kuhtz com>
Date: January 3, 2009 5:07:11 AM EST
To: Farber David <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Internet Is Bad For You - The Daily Beast

Dave, that is one of the most ignorant and absurd articles I have read in a long time. Really surprised you forwarded it on.. I actually find it very offensive and fascist. For example, the 1930's propaganda machine was effective because it was state controlled media, squashing (almost) all dissent very effectively. Nazi access to mass media (beyond printing presses) wasnt really available until they had become the state. Not because of unregulated, open mass communications. That is horse dung and incredibly ignorant.



On Jan 3, 2009, at 4:31 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:


http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-19/the-internet-is-bad-for-you

"Can Obama's plan for universal broadband turn the recession into a political nightmare resembling the 1930s? Yes, it can, writes the author of the controversial book, The Cult of the Amateur."


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