Friday, March 04, 2005
The Power Of The Internet
Yesterday I linked to an article about China trying to get some control over the Interent and wonered if their efforts might not be to stem a growing tide towards democracy in that country. Today the NYTimes carries a piece about censorship of the Internet in China.
Wouldn't it be great if hundreds and thousands of little blogs like this one proved to be the catalyst to democracy in the largest dictatorial country left on the planet? Clearly the Chinese are worried about it.
UPDATE 30 MINUTES LATER
Apparently, the Chinese are not the only ones worried about the power of the Internet to spread democracy. Check out this post from Powerline about efforts to regulate it in THIS country.
I agree with the deacon:
Wouldn't it be great if hundreds and thousands of little blogs like this one proved to be the catalyst to democracy in the largest dictatorial country left on the planet? Clearly the Chinese are worried about it.
UPDATE 30 MINUTES LATER
Apparently, the Chinese are not the only ones worried about the power of the Internet to spread democracy. Check out this post from Powerline about efforts to regulate it in THIS country.
I agree with the deacon:
I should add my sense that, while the government may make life quite dificult for bloggers for a time, its attempts at regulation ultimately will prove futile.However, it may get interesting for a while!
