David P. Dillard wrote: >China orders bloggers to register with government > >Associated Press >Tuesday June 7, 2005 > > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1501184,00.html >
Actually, while we are concerned about Civil Liberties, it is only because ICANN doesn't require valid information that China would require people to register with the government. The mechanics are a result of the lack of information on web site owners world-wide, though the *reason* for the mechanics is not something many of us would agree with. Such mechanics could actually be used for good purposes. While the anonymity of the Chinese bloggers may be to our world's advantage, I have to wonder at what point such mechanics will become more prevalent in the 'Free World'. And also, there lies the question on which many groups and individuals are considering - 'is my anonymity's value to us/me greater than the cost of other's anonymity on us/me?' We may well wish to look to our own personal reactions to this, and analyze them better... I know I am doing so. But then, I do have my own name on the domains I own, and I do not hide. But what if I had to? And then - what about the people who send me SPAM to direct me to a website so that they can attempt to sell me something? And why do people have to hide? And how long will it take for other governments to do the same, though for different given reasons? "Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one." — A. J. Liebling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Liebling> (1904 - 1963) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
