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Catholic Bishops Support Net Neutrality 304

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 20, 2011 @04:17AM from the nobody-expects-the-internet-inquisition dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This week, in their annual 'State of the Union' address, the President of the US Catholic Bishops Conference spoke on a number of issues, in particular a surprisingly strong statement in favor on Net Neutrality. 'As the Internet continues to grow in its influence and prominence in Americans' lives, we support legislation and federal regulations that ensure equal access to the Internet for all, including religious and non-profit agencies, as well as those in more sparsely populated or economically distressed areas. True net neutrality is necessary for people to flourish in a democratic society,' said Archbishop Timothy Dolan. It's always interesting to see the Catholic Church joining in a crusade that means so much to so many Slashdotters!"

Comment Something Good (Score 1) 1

by matty500 on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @11:55PM (#34936064) Attached to: Catholic Bishops support of Net Neutrality

It's nice to see something the Catholics and Slashdotters can agree on!

Submission + - Catholic Bishops support of Net Neutrality (usccb.org) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @09:52PM

An anonymous reader writes: This week, in their annual "State of the Union" address, the President of the US Catholic Bishops Conference spoke on a number of issues, in particular a surprisingly strong statement in favor on Net Neutrality.

"As the Internet continues to grow in its influence and prominence in Americans’ lives, we support legislation and federal regulations that ensure equal access to the Internet for all, including religious and non-profit agencies, as well as those in more sparsely populated or economically distressed areas. True net neutrality is necessary for people to flourish in a democratic society". — Archbishop Timothy Dolan

It's always interesting to see the Catholic Church joining in a crusade that means so much to so many Slashdotters!

Comment Re:It's Called S.E.X (Score 3, Informative) 811

by matty500 on Saturday May 23, 2009 @12:13AM (#28063221) Attached to: How To Help a Friend With an MMO Addiction?

If that were really true, it wouldn't explain the massive research that demonstrates that compulsive gambling can be even more addictive than many drugs...

Comment Why couldn't it work? (Score 1) 444

by matty500 on Thursday May 21, 2009 @11:56PM (#28049359) Attached to: Original Cast On Board For Ghostbusters 3

I'm not saying they'll do it this way, but I could see how this COULD be done well... Picture this: Old Ghostbusters had hung up their stuff, along comes this new tragedy. The old guys attempt to go out and fail miserably, only to be saved by this new generation. Sort of like what Indiana Jones ATTEMPTED to do with his son, but failed. Imagine Indy Jones if most of the action had focused around his son... Remember the Last Crusade with Henry Jones. Sean Connery actually played the old hero out for his last gig well, why couldn't Ghostbusters be the same deal?

Comment Catholic Schools (Score 1) 521

by matty500 on Tuesday August 12, 2008 @10:30AM (#24568257) Attached to: What Should I Do With My Tech Junk?

As Someone who works at a Catholic School, I can testify that most will be more than willing to accept almost anything they can get their hands on. They run on a very very limited budget. To give an example, the Computer lab at one school I helped at consisted of 18 400 Mhz Gateway PCs running windows 2000.....and yes, that's still the current state of affairs, they simply can't afford new PCs....yet, on the other hand, they provide personal attention to students and someone those students STILL improve drastically when they leave the public system.... I know most schools I've been to would love to get their hands on what most people on slashdot consider junk!

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