> But more so, the general state of the web and the big brother on everything. It's a slippery slope :) I couldn't agree more. I was posting on Usenet before t

> But more so, the general state of the web and the big brother on everything. It's a slippery slope :) I couldn't agree more. I was posting on Usenet before there was a Web, so I've seen the entire sequence of events. Rather depressing overall. But it could be worse -- we could be hunted down and killed for expressing dissent, for protesting, for supporting unpopular causes. When I say this, I'm thinking of this man: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-dabholkar-shot-dead-pune-pushing-law-against-superstition/1/300345.html http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-dabholkar-shot-d... This man, this doctor, was an activist against unscientific quackery. He became too well-known and too effective, so his enemies hired a hit squad. And this was in India, a country and people that revere democracy and free speech.