[AusNOG] Consultation on s313(3) use

[Mark Newton]

On Apr 29, 2016, at 1:47 PM, Peter Tiggerdine <ptiggerdine at gmail.com> wrote:

> education is the key. The problem with the government is that it doesn't want to be educated because of ideology. 
> 
> Uneducatable (probably made up word, but you get the drift) people are the true definition of stupid. And lets face it government is where all these types seem to congregate the most.

Money wins against education hands-down.

The belief that politicians would do the right thing, if only they knew enough about the subject matter to make well-reasoned decisions, is absurd, completely unsupported by empirical evidence.

There are very well-organized and well-funded organizations lobbying in favor of control of the internet. The Internet community fails time and time again because it has not learned enough lessons from previous defeats to become well-organized and well-funded enough to make its counter-case effectively.

The government knows it can marginalize and destroy internet industry participants with no blowback whatsoever. As long as that remains true, ISPs and users will continue to be outmaneuvered.

   - mark