May your aim strike true!

At this very moment, there are hundreds of people rallying to ensure and preserve the concept that is net neutrality. For some reason, I felt like participating in this act of defending our rights, but I suppose natural laziness and lack of knowledge on the subject kicked in as usual. But forget me, people in Ottawa are trying to make the Canadian government listen to reason. The net cannot continue being controlled like this.

I've always read discussions about how ISPs do such and such things that go against the spirit of net neutrality. There are plenty of articles and videos that define, discuss and debate the issue from multiple points of view. But I believe this is the first strike where people physically gathered up to make a difference. Perhaps this was the last straw for TekSavvy, after it was revealed that Bell's throttling affected anyone on their lines regardless of the person's ISP. Well, I think it was TekSavvy that took the initiative since I saw it on their forum first before any news of the event popped up, but I'm sure many other people felt the same way already.

Just by glancing at the "Speakers for the Rally" section on the netneutralityrally.ca website, one can easily see the support for this concept. As long as the people's voices are being listened to and the supporters are present, it's quite possible to make a difference. Hopefully, if this is successful, our neighbor to the south will pick up on the news and make sure net neutrality thrives in their network. May your aim strike true...

On another note, dental surgery wasn't as bad as I thought. Yeah, it still blows but I didn't need to take any of those prescribed painkillers. I wonder why many people have ingrown wisdom teeth. Is there some sort of flaw in our current evolution that screws up our teeth? Heh, who knows.