Comments on: Open Source – Monday June 21 st 2004 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/ An Irreverent Look at the Glocalized World Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: oso http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-406 oso Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:02:37 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/#comment-406 Yeah, I mean, just look at the <a href="http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/001321.html#001321">most popular political bloggers</a>. They're nearly all conservatives. Which, to me, is ironic because many of them would have been in support of privatizing the web. Yesterday's LA Times had an <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/cl-et-rutten17jul17,1,397000.column?coll=la-home-utilities">article</a> that sorta assumed all serious bloggers were pro-war conservatives. Yeah, I mean, just look at the most popular political bloggers. They’re nearly all conservatives. Which, to me, is ironic because many of them would have been in support of privatizing the web.

Yesterday’s LA Times had an article that sorta assumed all serious bloggers were pro-war conservatives.

]]> By: Elenita http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Elenita Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:12:21 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/#comment-395 Taking your thoughts in a slightly different direction--I believe part of the reason the Net has thrived so much is because no group(s) have been able to limit the actions of others. Pundits, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, personal bloggers have all been able to do whatever they want on the web; it's been live and let live, with no one stepping on each other's toes. Granted, I'm oversimpifying here. But I sometimes wonder--as much as regulations protect us, they also make certain (complying) groups "right" and give them, by definition, a power than non-complying don't have. On the web, that kind of power is never given to a particular group--and I sometimes think that contributes to the internet's ability to be so diverse and be a place for exchanging information and ideas. Taking your thoughts in a slightly different direction–I believe part of the reason the Net has thrived so much is because no group(s) have been able to limit the actions of others. Pundits, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, personal bloggers have all been able to do whatever they want on the web; it’s been live and let live, with no one stepping on each other’s toes.

Granted, I’m oversimpifying here. But I sometimes wonder–as much as regulations protect us, they also make certain (complying) groups “right” and give them, by definition, a power than non-complying don’t have. On the web, that kind of power is never given to a particular group–and I sometimes think that contributes to the internet’s ability to be so diverse and be a place for exchanging information and ideas.

]]> By: woojay http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-391 woojay Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:45:39 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/#comment-391 It's official. You're a commie. Someone call the Homeland Security Dept! Good thoughts, Oso. It’s official. You’re a commie. Someone call the Homeland Security Dept!

Good thoughts, Oso.

]]> By: Paul http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Paul Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:49:04 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2004/07/17/open-source-monday-june-21-st-2004/#comment-389 I couldn't agree more. I couldn’t agree more.

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