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The internet has connected people so that licenced media are challenged by the unlicenced masses and perhaps for the first time the agenda of some leaders is being discovered. The same "criminals" can be seen at Davos year after year, but it has always been the case that criminals form groups that look after those that play along and keep quite. The internet leeks power away from those that control these groups and so far there isn't a plumber who knows how to fix it. This means that some criminals may have to start playing fair and stop stealing from the innocent let alone stop killing them.

Very interesting developments. But how is society to deal with situations where one individual pushes mis-information to such an extent that valid and necessary policies are pushed out?

Ok - so we are the people who shape the future - so a). why were we not there? b). what is the point of all the others being there talking without us being there?

I think Patrick Wood, 3, rather misses the point. The point of the internet, Patrick - is that you don't need to be there. As to the point of it, I imagine it's just a good excuse for a knees-up.

I do not understand Geoff's comment. What he sees as 'mis-information' could be my 'valid and necessary policy'. What he sees as a threat, I see as an opportunity. The opinions of politicians and journalists that previously went unchallenged can now be confronted and alternative arguments advanced by people like us, who previously had no voice.

Of course, this assumes we possess the basic writing skills to articulate our thoughts clearly and persuasively. As Macaulay wrote over 170 years ago: 'Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together... Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas.'

If you can't think straight it is unlikely you will write clearly, and you will be at a huge disadvantage in the virtual forum. But it was ever thus. For those of us who can think straight and write clearly - or fancy we can - the internet provides an unrivalled tool to express ourselves; to get our messages across; to make our voices heard.

Is what I have written valid and necessary or am I peddling mis-information? Throw your virtual brickbats or bouquets. Digital democracy is here to stay!

I'm a little "old Lady" in Az., U.S.A. I have MS and thus I'm stuck in my home.My conection with the outside world is mostly thru my computor.( thanks, Mr. Gates)So, I'm hoping to rejoin the world thru this site.I've got alot of reading to do, don't I ?

To "little old lady" in AZ, U.S.A. I have to say dear, you are not alone, especially with MS - me, too. Surfing to the 大象传媒 has always been on my mind, but here I am for the first time...Having travelled in my younger years and when, I felt and saw that, the world was much safer then to do so, my respect for the 大象传媒 has grown and I do view it on the tele. Dear, as you see on other listed blogs here ("We are doomed..) please be very CAREFUL whether you are floating about in CYBERSPACE or out and about, especially in AZ...or anywhere else.
Stay well and keep alert with your innate intuition....okay!!?