On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:29:05 PST, Leo Bicknell said:
But let's take a specific (famous) example. Kevin Mitnick. From his wikipedia page:
"During his supervised release, which ended on January 21, 2003, he was initially forbidden to use any communications technology other than a landline telephone."
If Internet access (to use your term) had been a human right than his human rights were violated by the government when they banned him from using any communications technology. Do we really want to suggest that banning him from using the computer is the same level of violation as enslaving him, torturing him, or even killing him?
Convicted felons surrender a number of rights: freedom (jail terms), the right to vote, etc. And nobody seems to consider that concept a "violation" (though it *is* of course up for debate exactly what rights it's OK to remove from a felon, and for how long).