Net Neutrality

As some of you may have heard, large corporations like AT&T, Comcast, as well as several other telecommunication companies are lobbying the government in an attempt to change the internet from public to private. What does that mean? Well for starters, any websites that your particular provider deems unwarranted will either come in on a much slower bandwith than preferred sites, or be blocked entirely. That's right; soon you may no longer control the content that you can access and/or upload, as service providers will have complete authority of available content. I don't know about the rest of you out there, but that prospect scares the Hell out of me. Where will the line finally be drawn? Will we be too mesmerized by convenience and cosumer electronics to fight back before it's too late? Every passing day, the voice of the people is further muted by the greed and bloodlust of a group of men from a bygone era that have neither the will nor desire to look towards the future beyond their own pitiful existence! If we do not act soon, there may be nothing left to save. We must stand up as a Nation; as humane and intelligent beings and demand that those responsible for the suffering of so many be removed from power. We must instill faith in our fellow humans and begin our path to maturity as a species, casting away doubt and fear. To do this, we must remove the source of the hate and distrust, which is the dependence on a structure to dictate appropriate behavior and regulate commodities. Sometimes I think to myself, "What if everyday, everyone did something for someone else for no other reason than to aid another?". I like to think that if that were possible, after a while people would generally trust one another to do the right thing when the situation called for it, regardless of personal beliefs. Maybe then, less emphasis would be needed on public safety and well being and we could focus our attention to securing the future of the human race. It saddens me to think that we are so distrusting of even our neighbors, we bar entry to our homes, shroud our daily lives in lies, and guard our personal information as if it were our greatest secret. Do we really hate one another so much that we would sacrafice the limitless possibilities that lay before us for a false sense of purpose? I believe what we really fear is the truth: the truth that we are not special or inevitably NOT individuals. You might say it is the one thing we all truly do have in common, no matter your age, race, sex, or religion. Perhaps that is why we fight for ideals and beliefs so violently, for to accept the alternative would be to admit that the universe would exist; with or without us. Hell, if we'd take a lesson from kindergarten and follow the Golden Rule once in awhile, the world might not be in such a state. Then, with the world not in decay, mankind might no longer seek solice in the proverbial "peaceful thereafter" and thereby be more inspired to think freely, create, and further improve the quality of life for all in the present plane of existence. As it is now, I would think we are far too obsessed with the "Why?" with far more emphasis needed on the "Here and Now". I just ask why; why is it so hard for us to accept that we may never know why we are here? All the seconds ticked away, pondering and fighting over a question with no answer, are lost and bring us closer to the inevitable death of our planet. If we have not made a solid foothold elsewhere in the universe before that happens, the human race might be lost forever. A forgotten world of barely sentient beings that could not evolve beyond the Ego long enough to save their own race from annihilation. In the history of the entire universe, we would likely not even be mentioned, save for a small blurb about how horribly life can go awry in the wrong hands.

Well, that's all for now. Take a stand against the loss of our voice on the net for it is one of the few havens of free speech left. And take a lesson from porn sites; if 15 thousand people that get off on goat fucking lesbians can find a common haven on the net, how unique can each one of us really be?