Heh. "Wikipedia is not a democracy" (in some ways, it is...). I'll have to pick it up.
Now is HE assaulting reason, or is he commenting on the assault on reason by the Caths and Republicans?
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...is Al Gore's new book. It may amuse some to know that he refers to "wikis, most prominently Wikipedia" as a "remarkable development that could strengthen our democracy"...
On 20/06/07, SonOfYoungwood@aol.com SonOfYoungwood@aol.com wrote:
Heh. "Wikipedia is not a democracy" (in some ways, it is...). I'll have to pick it up.
Now is HE assaulting reason, or is he commenting on the assault on reason by the Caths and Republicans?
I believe he's not pointing us out as a democracy in and of ourselves, but rather that widely-accessible neutrally-mediated and comprehensive information is an invaluable tool to help keep one functioning...
Awesome, I'll read it sometime. Now let's expand our article on the book! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assault_on_Reason
- Salaskan
2007/6/20, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com:
On 20/06/07, SonOfYoungwood@aol.com SonOfYoungwood@aol.com wrote:
Heh. "Wikipedia is not a democracy" (in some ways, it is...). I'll have
to
pick it up.
Now is HE assaulting reason, or is he commenting on the assault on
reason by
the Caths and Republicans?
I believe he's not pointing us out as a democracy in and of ourselves, but rather that widely-accessible neutrally-mediated and comprehensive information is an invaluable tool to help keep one functioning...
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
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On 6/20/07, SonOfYoungwood@aol.com SonOfYoungwood@aol.com wrote:
Heh. "Wikipedia is not a democracy" (in some ways, it is...). I'll have to pick it up. --
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
Neither is the United States. ;)
Rory