> Gabrielle Rapagnetta wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> : You began by bashing leftists for being busybodies.  It turns out that 
> : it is the right who is pushing for regulation of the airwaves, increased 
> : licensing fees, and increased indecency fines.  It's no wonder you now 
> : want to talk about wifi.

Joshua Holmes wrote:
> 
> 	I haven't heard a peep out of James or anyone else on the "right" 
> here ask for more regulations.  In fact, just the opposite, repeatedly, 
> loudly.

You are not paying attention then.  The right oppose regulating 
ownership, for obvious reasons, but that's it.  Censorship and 
licensing enforcement are not challenged and certainly not "loudly".

The "busybodies" that James likes to talk about are Christians -- 
not leftists.  But notice that he will not condemn Christians, 
focusing on the Tipper Gores while ignoring the Pat Robertsons, as 
if they weren't the same thing.

Applying for an FM license costs well over $100,000.  When have you 
ever heard a republican suggest that this price tag should be lower 
or even non-existent?  Never.

> : Look, I'd be happy to take the anarchist way out of this;
> 
> 	I guess there's a first time for everything.
> 
> : Media 
> : concentration would be stopped dead in its tracks and you wouldn't hear 
> : another peep from me on the matter.  Of course, you'd then have to 
> : justify different means of violence in order to stifle the speech of 
> : those you don't want to hear -- like myself.
>  
> 	If he didn't want to hear you, why is he carrying on an argument 
> with you on a newsgroup?  And if he wanted to stop you from broadcasting, 
> why would he recommend the dismantling of the FCC and "squatter's rights" 
> to unused airwaves?  Surely, it would make more sense for him to gain 
> control of the FCC and ban people like you instead, but that's the 
> diametric opposite of what he proposes.

James recommends squatter's rights because he has this idea of who 
will grab any and all remaining frequencies.  Notice that he does 
support simply letting folks broadcast at the capacity of their 
transmitters.  His position demands the enforcement of licensing, 
but with corporate enforcement rather than state enforcement.

A tip-off that James' position is insincere is that the biggest 
obstacle to such a plan would be the republicans.  How about you, 
Holmes?  Could you handle truly free airwaves?  Or do you, like 
James, find it necessary to shoot the 'violators'?