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[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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