Wednesday, April 9, 2008

It is fascinating to see people using weblogs within the confines of government suppression of free speech. And by free speech I refer to being able to say anti-regime statements and use subversive material. People in countries such as Hong Kong where the government watches and monitors material on the net. These people try to tell stories within these narrow confines. They try to tell the outside world things that normal or mainstream media either dares not tell, or is unable to tell. Freedom of speech in countries such as this is in grave danger and so is freedom of the press. So thumbs up to the daring people out there in the blogosphere (hey! a new word in my vocabulary....) who not only question but challenge oppression and use this wonderful new communication tool to fight for the right to have that freedom of speech. Something perhaps we may take for granted in a country without that kind of sensorship.

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