[Prev|Next|Index] Thu, Feb 22, 1996 Ken Cyr

Internet Forever Free

     By Ken Cyr

     When I first started using the internet, I finally found freedom.
     Here was a medium that I could use to communicate to a global
     village that was without limitation and access to unlimited
     knowledge.
     To me, this is the ultimate freedom.

     There is so much information available on the internet it has
     made
     my life much more informed. Which I think is what scares people
     in
     power such as government and big business. Knowledge is power.
     Hence, we will see lobby groups who inadvertently contribute,
     whether or not their intensions are good, to censorship.

     Being Canadian, I live in a country that has freedom of speech,
     but
     with its own problems. Such as the province of Quebec wanting
     independence
     from the rest of Canada. But the Internet is a part of Canada
     too.

     I don't know alot about the censorship bill, but with the
     internet
     I am learning. I think the govenment is scared mostly because,
     they
     don't understand the Internet. The benefits of a wide open medium
     far
     out-weigh the downfalls. I can go to any corner store and get the
     same
     pornographic material I can get on the Internet. So why stop it.
     The
     Citizens of the Internet will not allow this to happen. I'm not
     living
     in the U.S.A. and yet this bill affects me. I will not stand for
     it. We
     must have freedom in this world and the internet must stay
     Forever Free.

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