[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L3 Q5

Nicole, 
I would have to agree with what both you and Chris had
to say about this topic.  Free speech and Ideas are
something that will never be controlled by any
government.  If the government or powers be can not
control your speech or ideas they will control the
medium you are using to share those ideas with others.

--- Chris B <csb41971@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nichole,
> 
> The Internet I believe is going to turn out to be
> the
> biggest liberator of oppressed people.  The free
> flow
> of ideas and knowledge is the biggest threat to
> dictatorships.
> 
> 
> --- Nichole Laverdiere <laverdieren79@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >   The topic that I have chosen is Nationalism and
> > Isolationism. Some countries have strict laws
> > pertaining to the internet.  France for example
> has
> > laws in place that extend to the internet.  France
> > is working to modify laws concerning
> advertisements
> > in the French language.  Iraq on the other hand
> was
> > under very extreme laws when Suddam Hussain was
> > still in power.  He banned the internet in the
> whole
> > country.
> >   China on the other hand allows the government to
> > monitor e-mail and other online activities.  I
> think
> > most governments monitor online activity to an
> > extent.  They need to in order to convict people
> for
> > stalking and illegally downloading.  I agree that
> > government does need to monitor and convict people
> > of genuine internet crimes.  These are crimes like
> > child pornography and stalking.  
> >   China however has gone to the extreme with
> > monitoring and convicting people who post sites or
> > send e-mails concerning corruption and Human
> Rights
> > issues.  The Internet filtering programs and laws
> > are some of the most sophisticated in the world
> > according to an article concerning the Internet
> > filtering in China found at:
> > http://www.opennetinitiative.net/studies/china/. 
> > They are abusing their power to monitor e-mail and
> > internet activity in order to cover corruption and
> > human rights problems in China. One example is the
> > trial of Huangq Qi.  He was imprisoned for 5 years
> > for posting information concerning these issues in
> > China.  He is not alone there have been at least
> 54
> > more trials and imprisonments similar to Huang
> Qi?s
> > according to an article concerning Microsoft
> > providing the Filtering program used by China?s
> > government: 
> > http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/56591/
> >    
> >   I agree with all of the articles that I have
> found
> > concerning China?s filtering of e-mail and
> Internet
> > usage.  This is censoring of a country.  The
> people
> > of China are being mislead because they are not
> > allowed to read anything pertaining to their
> > government, that is not posted by the government
> > itself.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Nichole Laverdiere  
> > 
> > Laverdieren79@xxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > 
> > perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up
> > requires true skill. doug horton           
> > 
> >  
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> 
> 
> Chris Bonish
> csb41971@xxxxxxxxx
>    
>   The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat
> small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.
> 
> Rupert Murdoch 
> 
> 
> 
>  
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