# Welcome to censored America

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**Created:** [August 14, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welcome-to-censored-america/259958 "2011-08-14T15:03:22Z")
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### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welcome-to-censored-america/259958/14 "2011-08-14T17:58:36Z")

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> [@GH3 for wii](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gh3-for-wii/44601/8):
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> How did people do it before the internet and cell phones then?
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> Again its not like they shut down verizon/sprint/ATT etc… They shut down a service they provide as a convenience to people (I’m sure there was a “saftey” facotor to that as well in case something happend to someoen udnerground)
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> I guess companies blocking access to social media sites so that people actually work, or me turning off my public wifi is a constitutional and human rights violation.

Ways of communicating change with the times. Give up your phone for a week and try smoke signalling to your clients or friends. It’s technology that is a part of our daily lives.

If it was Shady’s Private Rail Transportation, then yes, you could constitutionally turn off your WiFi and what not. But the key word is that it is PUBLIC transportation.  
Private companies and individuals can take it away anytime, as it is legitimately private and even though you say “public wifi”, you still own it, thus privately owned.

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