Friday, February 25, 2005
Freedom rings! Liberty of thought!
By The Erudite Redneck
It dawned on me the other day just what this new vehicle for thought -- this blogosphere, this still fledgling new marketplace for ideas -- really means.
It is ushering in new births of freedom and liberty of expression in dark corners all over the world.
Blogging, my friends, is the modern equivalent of the advent of movable type. Truly. The printing press was one thing. Moveable type was another. The Internet was one thing. Blogging is another.
It's a true democracy of ideas.
Yet this fun thing that we enjoy makes the renaissance of ideas in Europe that attended Gutenberg's work in the 16th century, and even the explosions of liberty that followed the introduction of the VCR behind the Iron Curtain in the 1980s, absolutely pale in comparison.
For the tiniest glimpse at the genesis of a new era of real liberty -- not just "democracy, American style" -- go here. You will be humbled, as I am. I am barely worthy to offer my encouragement.
Godpseed, Amarji, godpseed. And may your own spirit soar!
--ER
It dawned on me the other day just what this new vehicle for thought -- this blogosphere, this still fledgling new marketplace for ideas -- really means.
It is ushering in new births of freedom and liberty of expression in dark corners all over the world.
Blogging, my friends, is the modern equivalent of the advent of movable type. Truly. The printing press was one thing. Moveable type was another. The Internet was one thing. Blogging is another.
It's a true democracy of ideas.
Yet this fun thing that we enjoy makes the renaissance of ideas in Europe that attended Gutenberg's work in the 16th century, and even the explosions of liberty that followed the introduction of the VCR behind the Iron Curtain in the 1980s, absolutely pale in comparison.
For the tiniest glimpse at the genesis of a new era of real liberty -- not just "democracy, American style" -- go here. You will be humbled, as I am. I am barely worthy to offer my encouragement.
Godpseed, Amarji, godpseed. And may your own spirit soar!
--ER
