On the man thing... i did give it a moment's thought, and in a daring gamble, (Sunday, Slashdot, etc) I thought I would take the risk. Believe me, I would love to lose that gamble.
You shouldn't be embarrassed - I thought you did 2 things very well:
1. defend JZ against those who attributed all sorts of stuff to him, almost certainly not having read JZ or my account too closely, and
as the author of the original openDemocracy blog post, i'd like to jump in and say:
1. psychodelicacy is right to get everyone to go listen to JZ - it's a great experience
2. psychodelicacy has also made the best summary of the argument that I present as JZ having presented (...and which I think JZ presented, but judge that for yourselves) in all his commentary here (for example this but also in his other comments
3. yes, the free, open internet that we know and love is what JZ (and I) are keen to preserve, and there _are_ forces looking for reasons to impose authority over it. It happens law by law, regulation by regulation. This is the best account I've heard to date of the coalitions of convenience that threaten. I think we should listen hard to JZ's argument.
Slashdot Mirror
with the new comfort that /. beats Aristotle's polis in gender balance stakes
You shouldn't be embarrassed - I thought you did 2 things very well:
1. defend JZ against those who attributed all sorts of stuff to him, almost certainly not having read JZ or my account too closely, and
2. summarise my argument
Tony
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Tony_Curzon_Price.jsp
1. psychodelicacy is right to get everyone to go listen to JZ - it's a great experience
2. psychodelicacy has also made the best summary of the argument that I present as JZ having presented (...and which I think JZ presented, but judge that for yourselves) in all his commentary here (for example this but also in his other comments
3. yes, the free, open internet that we know and love is what JZ (and I) are keen to preserve, and there _are_ forces looking for reasons to impose authority over it. It happens law by law, regulation by regulation. This is the best account I've heard to date of the coalitions of convenience that threaten. I think we should listen hard to JZ's argument.
Tony
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http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Tony_Curzon_Price.jsp