Brainfade Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 The next civil rights struggle could be over (free?) universal Wifi. At least if this left-wing nut-job had his way http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/08/martin-omalley-and-the-human-right-to-wifi/ WiFi," Maryland governor and (vice) presidential candidate Martin O'Malley (D) told CNN, "is a human right." He was putting those words into the mouths of the nebulous group known as "young people," but it's clear that O'Malley agrees with the sentiment.
Brainfade Posted October 10, 2014 Author Posted October 10, 2014 And while we are at it, let's extend this right to Chimpanzee-Americans http://time.com/3481383/chimpanzee-legal-rights-personhood/ Could determine if a chimpanzee has a legal status akin to personhood, thereby making its captivity unlawful A New York appeals court will begin hearing a landmark case on Wednesday that could determine if a chimpanzee has a legal status akin to personhood, thereby making its captivity unlawful. Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise filed the lawsuit in 2013 on behalf of Tommy, a 26-year-old chimpanzee kept by a private owner in upstate New York. The lawsuit alleged that keeping the chimpanzee in captivity was unlawful, because a chimpanzee was not merely a possession of the owner, but rather “a cognitively complex autonomous legal person with the fundamental legal right not to be imprisoned.â€
Ram Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Well, if you call it 'wi-fi' it does sound ridiculous. But if you call it 'connectivity to the network' it sounds a lot more reasonable. :--D
moniker Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Preventing people from accessing the internet is a human rights violation, which the UN had declared 3 years ago. But the converse shouldn't be true. If you want access to the internet, pay for it.
velu Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 First world problems Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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