the internet, is it a super power

[billy]

i think we could do with a few new protocols and laws to make it people safe etc. copyright laws. privacy laws.

No
you don't want the present copyright law changing, you don't want it made law that private emails stay private. you don't want a lwa that says it's illegal for an isp to give information to anyone? ok.

there's a program on the bbc. or it soon will be which tries to show the internet as a new super power. all the social networking. it's ability to pass government barriers and cultural divides etc.

This In my opinion is hype.
actually it's a news review. how can we hype the net. everyone already knows about it and the program won't change anything or make it more or less popular

so my questions are these; has the internet gotten too powerful for it's own good.

I don't think so no.

can it be used as a tool against the public

Yes it can.

i do think it's slowly taking over from the usual media as a way of educating us to the so called rights and wrongs of society though not in a truthful way

I don't think so no, not enough people have access to a computer contrary to popular myth most people who can afford one have one. and many who can't afford one also have one.
of course some bushman in the outback may not have access to one.


How would you know, what do you have to compare with? how would i know what?

i do think it has become the new super power

Lol thats hogwash as far as I can see. Wishfull thinking by geeks.
it would be, and somehow i doubt anyone would call me a geek.

it can be used to bring people together and also tear people apart. it's a great tool for sharing jmo.

Right, lol, it's a tool, it's a toy, people use it like anything else.
so it does bring people together or it doesn't?
it's tool or it isn't? or it's both? i think it's both.
of course it can be a toy.

think of this, every single piece of information you've posted on this site you garnered from the net. you used the net to express your thoughts. you used it like an evangilist sharing the world of god and i really am not taking the piss.

all those vids. all those sources. where did you get the info from, fox news, cnn, the local newspaper. if you think the net isn't taking over as the main outlet for news fair enough.

if you say the net isn't used to fight oppressive regimes, fair enough.

if you say the net isn't used to garner aid and support for many many different causes, fair enough.
if you say the net is not used by the people of the world to change stuff fair enough.

i think it's the fifth column of the superpowers. as things are it's the only outlet that the whole world can voice their opinion to any given subject on.

the govs of the world take heed of the net. they try and suppress it but that okay. you like it that way, you like it that the copyright laws as they are.
you don't mind that your mail can be read and used against you any time they wish.

silly me i thought you'd be for shit like that. i guess acta is a good thing after all then. in your eyes at least.