Excerpted from The Guardian: Republicans
invoked Star Wars’s evil galactic emperor in their attacks on new
broadband regulations on Friday, warning that the public and Silicon
Valley were in for an unpleasant surprise.
Quoting Emperor
Palpatine, Republican Ajit Pai, a member of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), said: “Young fool … Only now, at the end, do you
understand.”Meme wars between the two sides of the debate continued through the day, as internet advocates Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Free Press flew an airplane towing a 2,000 square foot banner over the towering corporate headquarters of the cable giant Comcast, in Philadelphia.
The victory banner depicted the feline internet star Grumpy Cat and the legend: “Comcast: Don’t Mess With the Internet. #SorryNotSorry.”
Referring to Pai’s comments Evan Greer, campaigns director at Fight for the Future, said: “What they didn’t know is that when they struck down the last rules we would come back more powerful than they could possibly imagine.”
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