Comments on: Goodbye Bloggers http://www.guysmith.org/blog/2008/10/31/goodbye-bloggers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Guy Smith - writer, songwriter, political provocateur Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:12:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: angela http://www.guysmith.org/blog/2008/10/31/goodbye-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-329 angela Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:45:58 +0000 http://www.guysmith.org/blog/?p=275#comment-329 'But the government-media complex does care about a few select and highly effective and influential people who in an instant can change public perception of a political issue.' 'Surgical removal of non-conformist is thus necessary..' I don't quite understand how your nightmare scenario would work, because unless you physically imprison the individuals in question, they would still be able to spread their ideas on the internet. I would have thought it's the information, ideas or memes that are more dangerous than the individuals, and the internet is perfect for spreading them. The internet may sometimes seem like a billion mouths all talking sh*te, but at least we're connecting, and it seems like we all have an equal chance of being heard, it's egalitarian. And we have google and 'Google is God', or so I believe. http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/Proof_Google_Is_God.html ‘But the government-media complex does care about a few select and highly effective and influential people who in an instant can change public perception of a political issue.’
‘Surgical removal of non-conformist is thus necessary..’

I don’t quite understand how your nightmare scenario would work, because unless you physically imprison the individuals in question, they would still be able to spread their ideas on the internet. I would have thought it’s the information, ideas or memes that are more dangerous than the individuals, and the internet is perfect for spreading them.

The internet may sometimes seem like a billion mouths all talking sh*te, but at least we’re connecting, and it seems like we all have an equal chance of being heard, it’s egalitarian.

And we have google and ‘Google is God’, or so I believe.

http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/Scripture/Proof_Google_Is_God.html

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