[ExI] riots again

[David Lubkin]

Catching up on the thread.

Spike wrote:

>Somehow we must communicate to those living without free speech that
>they too can get a YouTube account, they too can get on the internet, they
>can post whatever they want, anonymously, they can figure out a way to get
>to WikiLeaks.  Therefore those unaccustomed to this freedom have been given,
>rather have been forced upon them a de facto freedom of speech and freedom
>of the press, whether they want it or not.  Ready or not, here it comes.

Circa 2004, as I recall, I raised the challenge here that the asserted
goal of the neocon movement et al was to, piece by piece, free the
world. Thence:

What can be done by people such as us -- you, me, and Fargo over
there, with a possible dotcom rich assist -- that would do the job
more effectively? With the idea that there are clever, cheap answers
to some problems when you aren't concerned with getting rich,
getting credit, or how it plays politically. I kicked off with the idea
we've discussed before, of dropping a suitable, ruggedized laptop
with voice and web access into every village, without permission.

Revised, related challenge: What can be done on a shoestring to
accelerate That Religion's reformation into one that's no more
violent or objectionable than anyone else's?


-- David.