Thomas Friedman's column... http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/12/opinion/12FRIE.html?ex=1022206363&ei=1&en= bb7ddfb96e3b3f16
He laments the fact that the Internet is unfiltered, but doesn't suggest who should be filtering it. Of course, if he did, his elitism would be blatant. I was struck by the similarity between the effect of the Internet in Indonesia, where only 5 percent of the population is connected, and printing in Reformation Europe, where perhaps 5 percent of the population was literate. In both cases, the minority was able to spread information, often misinterpretations of what was printed, to the masses quickly. And the powers that be respond by calling for censorship, or filtering, or whatever we're calling it this week. Am I mistaken, or did Friedman just call an entire country, perhaps an entire religion, the village idiots? The only difference between him and a corrupt pope of five hundred years ago is that Friedman's pulpit is secular, IMO. Nick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (408) 904-7198
