[Billthedrill]

Because the exercise of authority consists largely of information control (rather than physical control) by the State, Internet self-publishing has effectively weakened large areas of state power by weakening those controls.

That is precisely why this - place, for want of a better word - must be defended, fiercely if necessary, for the attacks on it will increase in their desperation as those who would protect corruption realize that their game is threatened.

The San Francisco ordinance is only the beginning. China has suggested that the UN be given control of the Internet. Mainstream journalists in the United States have suggested it be "regulated." I would look for such demands from an insanely regulation-happy EU.

They must be refused. This is not chaos, this is not anarchy, this is FREEDOM.

[rasblue]

Internet2 is already in the pipeline. Bigger, faster, etc. The powers that think they matter can't win.