[ga] Re: Interesting Times

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eric asks:  "why do you think it is important they have a voice?"
 
Eric,
 
There was a man who was laid to rest in a corner of his small farm in New Rochelle not far from where I live.  He died in poor health and poverty as an alcoholic and as an outcast.  He never established a political society or organization and was not responsible for a single reforming measure even though he was elected to public office.  But this man will not be forgotten -- he authored the pamphlet, "Common Sense"; he wrote "The Rights of Man" as well as "The Age of Reason" -- he was Thomas Paine.
 
Paine taught us that each age of man has the right to establish a political system which satisfies its needs.  Our Internet Age also requires a system that will satisfy our needs.  There are times when society requires a firebrand, a Thomas Paine, to point out that which we all know, but often fail to vocalize.  We have our firebrands in the WSIS process, in the blogs and in the civil society leadership.  Why is it important they have a voice?... so that common sense and rights are brought to the forefront of a new revolution, a revolution that is calling for transparency and democracy in the management of the Internet.    


		
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