http://www.garyandrews.net/2008/10/30/terrorising-twitter/ Poorly designed blog WLTM content for social media, football and general waffle Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.garyandrews.net/2008/10/30/terrorising-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Dilyan Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:35:06 +0000 http://garyandrews.wordpress.com/?p=565#comment-230 An interesting post. I share your concern about liberty getting curtailed for no better reason than governments being control freaks or trying to manipulate voters. Let's not forget that "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." But you know, it's far easier to be on the side of security when freedom is not something you have fought for, when it is a given. People are quick to let go of things they take for granted. Will people take to the streets if twitter is shut down? Will there be violence? I don't think so. Useful as it is, it is not something people will sacrifice their comfort for. And that, more than army stupidity, is the big threat for freedom. An interesting post. I share your concern about liberty getting curtailed for no better reason than governments being control freaks or trying to manipulate voters. Let’s not forget that “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” But you know, it’s far easier to be on the side of security when freedom is not something you have fought for, when it is a given. People are quick to let go of things they take for granted. Will people take to the streets if twitter is shut down? Will there be violence? I don’t think so. Useful as it is, it is not something people will sacrifice their comfort for. And that, more than army stupidity, is the big threat for freedom.

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