[kictanet] Internet Access Is Not a Human Right By VINTON G. CERF

[Andrea Bohnstedt]

Josiah, I was just going to fish out that quote. The point he makes is very
subtle - and powerful.

On 6 January 2012 13:55, Josiah Mugambi <josiah.mugambi at gmail.com> wrote:

> His third paragraph says it all:
>
> *But that argument, however well meaning, misses a larger point: technology
> is an enabler of rights, not a right itself. There is a high bar for
> something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among
> the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives,
> like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience. It is a mistake to
> place any particular technology in this exalted category, since over time
> we will end up valuing the wrong things. For example, at one time if you
> didn’t have a horse it was hard to make a living. But the important right
> in that case was the right to make a living, not the right to a horse.
> Today, if I were granted a right to have a horse, I’m not sure where I
> would put it.*
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The same argument can be used on infrastructure, an area with poor
>> infrastructure will tend to be underdeveloped , whereas an area with good
>> infrastructure such as road networks, electricity and clean water access
>> will tend to be more developed. The Internet plays an important role as the
>> other infrastructure.
>>
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