...I would think that having a little more than a passing familiarity with computers, as noted in my comment above, does make the issue pretty important.
And giving the (false) excuse that McCain doesn't know how to usee computers because of his POW injuries is, I feel, a slap across the face to the disabled Americans who have less range of motion in their arms and hands than McCain does.
Proclaiming himself as "computer illiterate" like he did last year painted himself as someone out of touch with vast sources of information like LexusNexus, he doesn't have access to borderless information and he's failing to use an excellent medium for immediate contact with the vast majority of his constituents.
OUr very government, over the past two decades, has been more than a little shaped by both computers in general, and the Internet in particular. He's been hanging his hat on having a deep understanding of military and national security.
These days the armed forces and the intelligence agencies rely heavily on computers. Why hasn't he taken the time in the past few decades to become computer literate and achieve a deep understanding of what the armed services and intelligence agencies are doing?
I think the he next few years will see much more legislation about how the internet works and who owns it. Without a personal sense of access to web information, how would a person possibly understand the need for Internet freedom and 'net neutrality?
Eh...
And giving the (false) excuse that McCain doesn't know how to usee computers because of his POW injuries is, I feel, a slap across the face to the disabled Americans who have less range of motion in their arms and hands than McCain does.
Proclaiming himself as "computer illiterate" like he did last year painted himself as someone out of touch with vast sources of information like LexusNexus, he doesn't have access to borderless information and he's failing to use an excellent medium for immediate contact with the vast majority of his constituents.
OUr very government, over the past two decades, has been more than a little shaped by both computers in general, and the Internet in particular. He's been hanging his hat on having a deep understanding of military and national security.
These days the armed forces and the intelligence agencies rely heavily on computers. Why hasn't he taken the time in the past few decades to become computer literate and achieve a deep understanding of what the armed services and intelligence agencies are doing?
I think the he next few years will see much more legislation about how the internet works and who owns it. Without a personal sense of access to web information, how would a person possibly understand the need for Internet freedom and 'net neutrality?