Comments on: R.I.P Freedom Of Speech. http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/07/22/rip-freedom-of-speech/ Computer related blog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rub3X http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/07/22/rip-freedom-of-speech/#comment-24 Rub3X Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:58:31 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/07/22/rip-freedom-of-speech/#comment-24 Yea I agree fully. Most of the laws passed are in the name of preventing terrorists, or safety. Even little laws like seat belt laws are a joke. It's my job to decide if I will put a seat belt on, not the governments. Yea I agree fully. Most of the laws passed are in the name of preventing terrorists, or safety. Even little laws like seat belt laws are a joke. It’s my job to decide if I will put a seat belt on, not the governments.

]]> By: batasrki http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/07/22/rip-freedom-of-speech/#comment-23 batasrki Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:50:13 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/07/22/rip-freedom-of-speech/#comment-23 I completely agree with you and I believe there at least two reasons why this is happening. The first one is information overload. The media, which is so obviously government controlled, has made it its mission to "share" every piece of information they can get their hands on, be it relevant or irrelevant to the every day citizen. In this virtual whiteout of information, it's easy to overlook small but very important pieces, like idiotic laws you have outlined. This overload breeds contempt for the news sources, as well as forces people to try to shut out all this white noise in order to keep their sanity. Which brings me to the second reason and that's ignorance by the common man. Whoever manages to pick out this particular piece of info from all the white noise will either react by thinking "Well, what can I do?" or "If it doesn't affect me crucially, then I don't care". The government counts on this ignorance to do as they please. Why else were they able to pass a law that allows intelligence services to unabashedly spy on communication lines of most everyone in the US. It certainly isn't to prevent terrorism. Just my two cents. I completely agree with you and I believe there at least two reasons why this is happening. The first one is information overload. The media, which is so obviously government controlled, has made it its mission to “share” every piece of information they can get their hands on, be it relevant or irrelevant to the every day citizen. In this virtual whiteout of information, it’s easy to overlook small but very important pieces, like idiotic laws you have outlined. This overload breeds contempt for the news sources, as well as forces people to try to shut out all this white noise in order to keep their sanity. Which brings me to the second reason and that’s ignorance by the common man. Whoever manages to pick out this particular piece of info from all the white noise will either react by thinking “Well, what can I do?” or “If it doesn’t affect me crucially, then I don’t care”. The government counts on this ignorance to do as they please. Why else were they able to pass a law that allows intelligence services to unabashedly spy on communication lines of most everyone in the US. It certainly isn’t to prevent terrorism.

Just my two cents.

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