tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post8327276678428457877..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: Chinese Walls & Second LifeIggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-57863039240472072402009-08-05T08:21:32.462-07:002009-08-05T08:21:32.462-07:00Heard a good story on NPR today--Facebook and Twit...Heard a good story on NPR today--Facebook and Twitter (presumably from Iranians outside Iran) is THE source of news on the theocrats' repression of their citizens. Those old fanatics probably cannot figure out e-mail, let alone social media :)<br /><br />I tell you, Tenchi, this-here Intertubes Net Thingie is bigger than the State. I hope it helps to topple the Iranian mullahs and their lackeys. <br /><br />The Cyberpunks were right.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-73194583632908412102009-08-03T23:43:49.185-07:002009-08-03T23:43:49.185-07:00And while the wall in China crumbles politicians i...And while the wall in China crumbles politicians in Germany pull up their sleeves to build just that wall here.<br /><br />And they are not only building that wall, no some of them are openly admiring the chinese way of handling it.<br />Yet at the same time they miss an important thing. Censoring the access to malicious content won´t ban the content from the net. When there is something to be done ... fight the root of the problem. That woulnd´t make it necessary to lessen the personal freedom of the individual.Tenchi Morigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750808391441927605noreply@blogger.com