Don’t jump to concussions!
19 June 2007
Finally, school is out! More sleep, less nagging, and even less rushed mornings. Yays.
Anyway, I was browsing Digg when I came across this article. After reading the entire thing (not that long), I started browsing the comments and found one individual who really did his homework. Way to debunk this entire thing: kudos!
I can’t stand PrisonPlanet.com. They make completely unreasonable assumptions. This article was based on their article, ” Blair Calls For Chinese Style Net Controls In the UK” which was based on a Telegraph.co.uk article which makes no mention of “chinese style net controls”. Actually, it makes no mention of any net controls. Both of these articles, claiming that Blair wants to completely censor the Internet, are based on the following quote from Blair; “As the technology blurs the distinction between papers and television, it becomes increasingly irrational to have different systems of accountability based on technology that no longer can be differentiated in the old way.” Blair is calling for a new form of accountability for the media, basically, making sure that the “media” is not lying to us. He does not say that the media should be accountable to the government. He’s not calling for control over, or censorship of the media.
And regardless, he only has 8 days left in office to take over the Internets.
Also, the last line is hilarious.
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