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Your virginity for Net neutrality

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:13 AM EDT
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Tania Derveaux is young and beautiful and she wants your attention. And thanks to her first two attributes, odds are she won't have a tough time getting it. But just to make sure, she's posing nearly nude online and making an offer to those less-experienced Internet enthusiasts of the world.

According to the text next to Tania's image, "I will make love with every virgin who defends the Internet."

Msnbc.com wants Newsviners to talk about this story. What do you think of this sexy approach to defending Net neutrality? Will it work -- and draw supporters -- and attention -- to the issue?

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Vengeful Cynic

This seems a tad gimmicky, but I think it will drive traffic if nothing else. And really, driving traffic will increase awareness to some extent or another, which is in everyone's best interest. I think the last paragraph sums this page's impact up quite nicely:

But mostly, Reese assured, people want to know more about Net neutrality. Though I'm pretty sure that Tania's near nudity isn't driving anyone away.

Fortunately, Net Neutrality is a relatively simple concept to wrap your head around and the concept of its fundamental fairness is something that most people are readily convinced of. Here's hoping that this site helps that along.

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Reply#1 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:02 AM EDT
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Robbie Lawrence

Urgh. I'm so sick of these guys. They are infesting YouTube and the rest of the internet with their porn-tease rubbish from her that only attracts guys to their website just to listen to some dude with a horrible, horrible hair-doo waffle off about a load of repetitive rubbish for 10 minutes. Takes him 5 minutes just to get through one sentence.

They did the same with some election gimmick a few years back and also recently a suicide thing 'she' is doing, where she basically advocates suicide in a way they hope will trick people into thinking suicide is bad.

Yes, I'm bitter about it. No, I don't like them. No, I don't think their helping anyone.

Do I think they'll save the interwebs with her showing off her boobs?

No.

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Reply#2 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:35 PM EDT
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finalcut

I went to the website - it doesn't look like there is any kind of video speech. It's three very simple pages. The first is her offer to have sex with virgins if they help defend net neutrality. The second is her very simple (and oddly generous) terms of service and the third is a contact page.

Will this make a real impact on net neutrality legislation? No. Will she actually have sex with people who say they are vigins and who print out a simple forum posting that shows their support for net neutrality? Maybe.

I think it is odd she is willing to pay for her own transportation to the location but then is only game for 30 minutes of intimacy. Seems like an expensive proposition for her. Just Airfare alone from Belgium (where she is based I think) to my home town is $1737 at the cheapest and that is with buying the ticket a month in advance. Add in hotel accommodations and food and cab fare etc and it's pretty darn pricey.

Now multiply that by however many people actually try to follow up on this and the time/money she would spend to process all of the applications (and the pranks) etc.. It doesn't seem like it could even happen.

Finally, she probably needs to do something (bring someone) with her to help insure her safety.

So with all that said and done I think it is probably just a gimmick and nobody will get laid either.

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#2.1 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:31 PM EDT
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John Whittet

100% agreed.

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#2.2 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:21 PM EDT
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Robbie Lawrence

If the crap that group pulls always turned out to be true, she'd have throat cancer from the 40,000 blowjobs, would be killing herself in 7 days, would have more STDs than you can shake a stick at and, well, the fact that she's apparently killing herself in 12 days goes against this charade. I think the ToS for this latest charade is almost a direct copy of the one from the blowjobs one, lightened up a bit. Can't remember exactly but it's really close enough.

They got monotonous after their second attempt at making a point.

Sex sells, but this ain't nothing close. She's just a puppet for the guys behind 'iPower'.

Besides... really and truly, what percentage of the worlds population whom are legal are truly virgins? ;p

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#2.3 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:25 PM EDT
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finalcut

I don't know what percentage but let's just figure a 18+ world population of 1 billion to be very conservative.. Even if just 1/100 of 1 percent were virgins that would be 100,000 virgins of legal age.

I haven't really heard of this group before.. iPower - what is their point? Are they just publicity whores (pardon the sexual pun)? Or are they trying to sell something?

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#2.4 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:42 PM EDT
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finalcut

I see it is some kind of "political activism" group.. I think I'll stick with publicity whores :O)

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#2.5 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:47 PM EDT
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Robbie Lawrence

Publicity whores.

Their point is to try and change the world, but from what I've seen of them, it's, well, rubbish. You can just search iPower on YouTube, but I really wouldn't bother with it. The video in this article specifically is probably the most to-the-point video they've ever made - Every other one has just been rambling. IMO, at least.

Thing is, say that 100,000 estimate was true - How many would be holding fast to religious beliefs etc, how many would even have heard of the internet and how many would actually stumble across something like this? Even if it were a million, or 10 million virgins world-wide, that number would thump and thump down to something minuscule, surely.

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#2.6 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
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Robbie Lawrence
I see it is some kind of "political activism" group.. I think I'll stick with publicity whores :O)

Wise choice. ;) *cracks open some beers*

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#2.7 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:51 PM EDT
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deepintheswamp

What is net neutrality?

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    Reply#3 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:54 PM EDT
    {"commentId":1734503,"authorDomain":"bluemutiny"}
    Robbie Lawrence

    Delete this. :)

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    Reply#4 - Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:51 PM EDT
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    bracan

    Its such a waiste to see beautiful young ladies doing this kind of thing. She may as well sell sex and donate it to charity if she i guess wants to really help a cause .. O_o

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      Reply#5 - Sun Jun 8, 2008 10:56 AM EDT
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      joe6

      I believe it... i want to get laid right away by her... bring on the STDs haha j/k but what the heck may as well try.

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        Reply#6 - Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:11 PM EDT
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