Comment Do the imperfect? or don't do the imperfect (Score 2, Interesting) 138
When Alston's asked about censorship, he makes this comment:
It looks like he views the imperfect solution as superior to doing nothing.
But when asked about spam, and plans to legislate about that, he says:
These statement seem inconsistent to me. What do others think?
(and similar words at the start of part 2)The simplistic notion that because you can't achieve 100 percent success in closing off any particular Internet site is a reason for not doing anything is not an acceptable explanation
It looks like he views the imperfect solution as superior to doing nothing.
But when asked about spam, and plans to legislate about that, he says:
(Really not sure exactly HOW much spam would be "clogging up the system"!)If it's interfering with the critical infrastructure I suppose yes, but if it's interfering with normal commerce - well, you do what you can. But you don't want draconian solutions that are worse than the problem. It's a nuisance at the moment but if it started to clog up the system then we might have a very different view.
These statement seem inconsistent to me. What do others think?
