[thelist] License to surf!

> "Teachout, Phlete" wrote:
> 
> From the article:
> >How can someone as intelligent as Cailliau
> >obviously is argue that on one hand everything and everyone on the
> Net >should be registered, but on the other that only the most
> egregious behavior >should be regulated? This convoluted thinking is
> the bastard child of >Cailliau's bureaucratic Europe. Registration is
> regulation. And regulation >is the life-breath of bureaucrats
> (taxation, its twin, being their life->blood).
> 
> And two paras down on the page -
> 
> >Everyone also has the option to comment on stories that
> >others have posted, when they have logged in. "
> 
> And you need to REGISTER in order to log in.

The only reason we make people register to post comments and news is to
prevent blatant spamming of crap by posting comments or articles. When
registering, you need only provide an email address, username and
passwd.

Also, you can in fact read evolt without logging in, which a vast number
of people currently do. If you want to be a bigger part of the community
though by expressing your opinion, there have to be checks and balances
that go with that privlidge. Without, it would be chaos, and very
un-interesting. This is a big difference compared to making people have
a license to use the Internet.
 
> Actually, I have often bemoaned the fact that "unlicensed" individuals
> can access the internet - it's like allowing unlicensed drivers on the

I'm interested as to why? People shouldn't have to pass a test(and just
who would give that test BTW??) of sorts to use the Internet to gather
information. To do so kills the Internet's strongest characteristic; its
free spirited dissemination of information by anyone and everyone who
has the means to do it.

.djc.