The Fifth of November?, page 11

Originally posted by Copernicus
Without the Internet though, we would not have had a chance to even discuss these matters. We would indeed be buying what the press told us, never questioning anything.

The ability to question and reason is not given by virtue of the internet; it is something that all humans are born with. Before there was the internet, there was the public library. And there are other ways to investigate, as well - the internet just makes it so much more convenient.

But the spark of the true and final age of enlightenment has been ignited - probably with the dawning of the industrial revolution and the age of scientific discovery - but probably long, long before that - regardless of when that spark first twinkled into life, the blaze it kindles is INEVITABLE. Just as a glowing match ember, carelessly tossed into a wastebasket full of paper, smolders unnoticed until it becomes a blaze...so does the liberation of humanity!

So it was a good plan by the powers that be, but they failed to take the free Internet into account.

I don't know what your citizenship is, but I am a citizen of the United States of America and as such am guaranteed both freedom of speech AND religion. And I would literally give my life in defense of that freedom - whether in actual revolutionary combat or a life-long defensive struggle.

And yes, I do often consider that one day that very thing might be required of me. And if it is, I will do what is right. I will defend the US Constitution because I truly believe in it...I despise political poison but am a patriot, through and through.

Which means I will NOT be silenced! Even after the death of the speaker, words live on. Especially if they are sincere and true. This is one thing no human being can change!

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed.

Laws can embody standards; governments can enforce laws — but the final task is not a task for government. It is a task for each and every one of us. Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted — when we tolerate what we know to be wrong — when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, or too frightened — when we fail to speak up and speak out — we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.

~ Robert Francis Kennedy

Lets see how long it takes for them to "fix" this.

It's not broken. Truth ALWAYS wins, in the end. Many people likely will judge that as an idealist statement, but I am a realist. And I have been in more than one extreme situation that proved that there is no greater weapon against lies and deceit than truth AND integrity!