Open Net

Watching the video on the Open Net Initiative really opened my eyes to things happening with the web I had never given much thought to. Having children I have only thought as filtering being a good thing. Now knowing that many countries are censoring information such as human rights or ideology they don't agree with I certainly have a problem with this. In America we need to become more aware of the fear factor and become active in ensuring that our rights are not taken away or monitored. It's scary how quickly a government formed on freedoms' will slowly have them chipped away at in order "to preserve freedom". 9/11 scared a lot of Americans into letting the bureaucrats poke into our personal affairs and the last thing we want is to be monitored 24/7.