Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The "Kill Switch"
The two blogs I examined are about the new government internet "Kill Switch" bill. The blogs were written by Tony Bradley and MalwareCity. The "Kill Switch" bill would allow the federal government to shut off all internet access to everyone in the county at a single time, which is claimed to be to raise our nation's cyber security. Both blogs had the same topic but had much different views on it. They were different in that Bradley got very political with his blog. He tells of how it would be beneficial to have this bill and that President Obama has the right intentions with this. He uses logos when he quotes USA Today about how this bill would be a major step in the right direction for national security. His use of logos was quite effective for me personally. His whole blog turns south for me when he decides to start making rants about conservative activists and the Bush administration. I don't understand why he even brings the Bush administration up. He loses his merit with me when he virtually tells of how the Bush administration has done more damage to the world than any other leader of any nation in the past few decades. MalwareCity takes a fairly unbiased take on the bill. He feels that the kill switch is not for infrastructure but for political control. He doesn't give too much detail about his opinion but he does state that the basis for his political control theory is that Egypt has used similar tactics to control their uprising. This really is a valid point, he makes good use of logos and the bill does coincide nicely with this event. Between the two of them, they both make good points, but in very different ways.
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I have read multiple news stories on this and I, personally, find it extremely scary. Also, I have to agree with you, it is extremely frustrating when people give their opinion so strongly without much to back it up fact/opinion wise. On a different note, I enjoyed the different writing styles of each blogger. Their takes on this I felt were unique and added something new to the mix which I had not previously thought about.
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