Marc Riddell wrote:
on 4/7/07 5:40 PM, geni wrote:
Not so much. Information is power. Power includes
the power to kill.
Words and images can result in deaths. See [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad
cartoons controversy]]. So can almost any form of information
If wikipedia continues at it's current level of popularity it is
likely that something in it will eventually indirectly result in
deaths (if it hasn't already). At best we can hope that any deaths
will be the result of truths rather than lies.
Bummer :-(
As the song says, "Always look on the bright side of life." A death in
the pursuit of this jihad of truth will earn you the endless
ministrations of 100 perpetual virgins. ;-)
Ec