[LINK] Fwd: Internet Filtering

[Tom Worthington]

At 12:57 PM 10/11/2008, Roger Clarke wrote:
>  >... http://www.userfriendly.org/ (see cartoon for 9/11/08 ) ...

Perhaps "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai would be a better 
visual image for the problems of Internet 
filtering: 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa.jpg>.

This shows fishermen rowing hard to get their catch to market, with 
the boats about to be swamped by a large wave. Mount Fuji is seen 
serene in the background.

In this case:

Rowers: Internet filter proponents,
Mount Fuji: tranquil ideal Internet they are trying to reach,
Great wave: real Internet about to engulf them.



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