Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt5

They want to control US not just child pornography or terrorist activities. They want to control the information we receive through the media and Internet.

You've got a resounding YES from me on that observation [deleted], which brings me back to my next "bigger picture" aspect of the tapestry that relates to global communications.

"The Web", which John Gilmore said "treats censorship as damage and routes around it", is becoming increasingly vulnerable to potentially crippling attacks by special interest groups (such as the Chinese Government) that in the end, won't present a pretty picture when it comes to the "route around" to "damage" ratio.

Complaining to the special interest groups to stop trying to do what they are doing isn't going to present a lasting solution.

Only changing/evolving what we have by way of global communications into something new and better will.

[deleted] reckons that I should "keep on waiting for "the next evolution of digital communication" but it won't happen in your lifetime.", but I beg to differ and with good reason.

I have already seen (and been but one tiny drop in the ocean in helping) computer based global communications become what it already has in such a relatively short period of time.

I do not for one moment think that what we have is the be all and end all. We WILL achieve so much more with it, and probably sooner rather than later if suitably motivated.

I reckon the Real Fear of those who crave and weild power is to be rendered irrelevant and without what they are so addicted to.

BTW, At the moment, I reckon it isn't just our elected government that is threatening The Net. It is also our dependance on telcos and ISPs.

regarDS