Testadicazzo writes "Micheal Lynton, the guy who said 'I'm a guy who doesn't see all good having come from the Internet. Period.' has posted an opinion at the Huffington Post titled Guardrails for the Internet, in which he defends his comment, and suggests that just as the interstate system needs guardrails, so too does the tip superhighway. The next is pretty indicative of the article: 'Internet users have become used to getting things when they want it and how they want it, and those of us in the diverting


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