Monday, December 17, 2012

burning of books

Shih Huang Ti did it, Hitler did it and Mao did it -so why are thought dictators afraid of other streams of thought for knowledge is power and ignorance kills. Why then would there be SOPA? Would knowlege be the domain of the rich and privileged when the internet which has been one of the greatest leveller of stratified social classes is limited to a narrow group? The old fashioned way is to burn that which is different and so a threat to whose security? The modern way is to firewall it or commodify that which should be the right to know of all regardless of race,religion or social class.