{"id":54771,"date":"2020-02-04T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=54771"},"modified":"2020-02-03T21:44:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:44:43","slug":"who-could-oppose-such-an-obviously-sound-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/04\/who-could-oppose-such-an-obviously-sound-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who could oppose such an obviously sound idea?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few pithy comments from Twitter on the Trudeau government&#8217;s apparent surprise that a few Canadians don&#8217;t think their regulate-the-internet plan is brilliant:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The thing to understand about this BTLR\/Guilbeault fiasco is how commonplace it is. There are thousands of people in the Liberal\/academic universe &#8211; the best and brightest &#8211; to whom the idea of gov\u2019t licensing, regulating and subsidizing the media is entirely uncontroversial.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acoyne\/status\/1224476596586700800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sure he\/they were genuinely taken aback at the response. Doesn\u2019t *everybody* think the media should take instruction from a wise and enlightened gov\u2019t, which would after all be run by wise and enlightened people like themselves? Who could oppose such an obviously sound idea?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acoyne\/status\/1224477260696059904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Look at who\u2019s on the panel that recommended it: law professors! People whose business It is to know about things like, say, the Charter of Rights. But then, given the courts\u2019 appalling record on speech restrictions, perhaps they felt confident even this would be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acoyne\/status\/1224477970753966080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Fellow Rush fan Matt Gurney finds the perfect lyrics for the occasion:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve taken care of everything<br \/>The words you read<br \/>The songs you sing<br \/>The pictures that give pleasure<br \/>To your eye<br \/>One for all and all for one<br \/>Work together<br \/>Common sons<br \/>Never need to wonder<br \/>How or why <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OUurFwaokj\">https:\/\/t.co\/OUurFwaokj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Gurney (@mattgurney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgurney\/status\/1224497331254501377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44341\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44341\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rush-performing-in-Milan-2004-09-21-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rush in concert, Milan 2004.<br \/>Photo by Enrico Frangi, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few pithy comments from Twitter on the Trudeau government&#8217;s apparent surprise that a few Canadians don&#8217;t think their regulate-the-internet plan is brilliant: The thing to understand about this BTLR\/Guilbeault fiasco is how commonplace it is. 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