IP: great reach of the net story

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:13:07 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Charles Brownstein <cbrownst () cnri reston va us>
> Subject: great reach of the net story
>
> http://slashdot.org/features/01/11/17/204207.shtml
>
> Posted by JonKatz on Tuesday November 20, @12:45PM
>
> "from the information-wants-to-be-free-(and-is) dept. An open information 
> society is inevitable. I was a little surprised last week to receive a 
> forwarded e-mail from Junis, who lives in a small town 35 miles southwest 
> of Kabul. This weekend, a movie theater and video store opened up again in 
> Kabul (renting Independence Day), Afghan TV cranked up, and so did the 
> Net. Americans understand all too well that our techno-driven culture 
> produces wonders and dangers, but it's one of the most popular social and 
> political forces in the world. Passion for pop culture relentlessly 
> undermined repressive governments like Poland, East Germany and the former 
> Soviet Union. The world, it turns out, really is porous now. Technology 
> and information will squeeze through every closed nook and crevice. The 
> Taliban never made a dent in the attachment this Afghan programmer and his 
> friends had for it.    "


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