Refugee camps for kids in the Balkans. The march of political and, by extension, economic freedom seemed inexorable just a few months ago. Driven by loosened controls on all kinds of media, freedom seemed the mantra of the next millennium. But in China and Serbia, the opposite seems true. That shall not last long, though.
Ideas have a way of triumphing.
Communications today transcends controllers no matter what. No government can eliminate RF or digital signals, either. In my United States, indeed just south on the highway that runs near my office, folks are blaming the media for what happened at Littleton, Colorado. It is, I suppose, a legitimate question. Certainly the raft of copycat incidents in the two weeks following the senseless massacre of students by fellow students lends some credibility to that argument.