Notice that new innovations in the high tech sector almost always ends up being used in the military first and foremost, and then by end-user consumers afterwards?
Looks like this trend might be changing.
Perhaps the new chain of command fuelling high-tech innovation are: internet / adult entertainment first and end-user / military second...
GuNgA-DiN makes some excellent points, but the reality of censorship in the USA goes beyond the scope of the Internet and 9/11.
I think he/she hit the nail on the head when he/she states that the given example of China is simply a sneaky way of criticising the US government. It reminds me of the Fables by Lafontaine, who, in the 17th century, wrote fables involving animals to surreptitiously criticise the French elite.
In fact, while many people reading this story might lament the censorship imposed by the Chinese government, few people realize that the US' own mass media is statistically more protectionist than that of "Red China" (cf. "Manufacturing Consent" by Herman/Chomsky).
I fully applaud projects like this one, because they open the door to new and more democratic forms of communications -- newspapers, discussion forums, manifestos, interest groups, etc...
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Looks like this trend might be changing.
Perhaps the new chain of command fuelling high-tech innovation are: internet / adult entertainment first and end-user / military second...
Well...at least porn doesn't kill....yet.
GuNgA-DiN makes some excellent points, but the reality of censorship in the USA goes beyond the scope of the Internet and 9/11. I think he/she hit the nail on the head when he/she states that the given example of China is simply a sneaky way of criticising the US government. It reminds me of the Fables by Lafontaine, who, in the 17th century, wrote fables involving animals to surreptitiously criticise the French elite. In fact, while many people reading this story might lament the censorship imposed by the Chinese government, few people realize that the US' own mass media is statistically more protectionist than that of "Red China" (cf. "Manufacturing Consent" by Herman/Chomsky). I fully applaud projects like this one, because they open the door to new and more democratic forms of communications -- newspapers, discussion forums, manifestos, interest groups, etc...