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I disagree.
I get queasy every time I hear someone say "driving privilege, not a right." In most parts of USA, driving equals mobility. Losing your car or the ability to drive is similar to losing both of your legs. Whether you like it or not, vehicle ownership is by and large a necessity, as is the permission to operate it in a safe and responsible manner.

Regarding the article, I can't fathom how someone can call broadband a basic human right when even in America a significant chunk of population lives in poverty and no meaningful access to healthcare (until the condition deteriorates enough that the hospital cannot legally turn you away).
Posted by: johnsmith222   Posted on: 12/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Broadband a "fundamental human right?"  jeferson3@... | 12/21/05
Right On!  7mgte | 12/22/05
And now we all know...  IndigoDarkwolf | 12/22/05
No kidding.....Geesh!  shawkins | 12/22/05
Yep, you've got it  ebrke | 12/22/05
Like driving  opensourcepro | 12/22/05
Keep the government out!!!  Erik1234 | 12/22/05
Vote  opensourcepro | 12/22/05
Voting, Markets, Monopolies, and MS  Erik1234 | 12/22/05
the problem is  mac0252 | 12/23/05
How far would you take this?  jeferson3@... | 12/24/05
I disagree.  johnsmith222 | 12/22/05
Web is a modern necessity  opensourcepro | 12/22/05
Driving Privilege not a right  bjhabrock | 12/22/05
Not So  Dave P. | 12/22/05
Rights vs Privileges  axarce@... | 12/22/05
Uhhh????  rwarrena | 12/23/05
pc  unimportant | 12/23/05
Plato was pretty right on.  jeferson3@... | 12/22/05
I agree... Not a right, but I want more options...  el1jones | 12/23/05
Other governments have provided decent zoning layouts...  HypnoToad | 12/24/05
15 bucks  thinknow | 12/22/05
We are not the world, apparently...  techboy_z | 12/22/05
Can you point out where I can get that price?  el1jones | 12/23/05
Broadband is a right now?  cperrin | 12/22/05
it's just plain stupid  mac0252 | 12/23/05
what?  anythingbutmine0 | 12/23/05
So go pay their bill.  jeferson3@... | 12/24/05
More taking for the producers for the shiftless and lazy  RobertoSalazar | 12/22/05
Narrowband in NY  Rootsid | 12/22/05
that seems to be  mac0252 | 12/23/05
Gee, they can't even run a bus line...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/22/05
Exactly!!!!! (NT)  Erik1234 | 12/22/05
air is a fundamental right.  wizzzer | 12/22/05
This right has large coattails . . .  lojack_skjeij | 12/22/05
Great story!  msanto00 | 12/22/05
We have generations who believe they are "entitled"  realitycheck101 | 12/22/05
We have generations who believe they are "entitled"  realitycheck101 | 12/22/05
We have generations who believe they are "entitled"  realitycheck101 | 12/22/05
God save us  anythingbutmine0 | 12/23/05

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