A one sided argument

Recently I stumbled across this video and posted a reply. I was not surprised to see that comments were approved by the poster, before set out. I am sure he gets inundated with obscene and hateful diatribes regularly. But I posted what I thought was a somewhat intelligent response (if not a bit sarcastic) here was my post:

eahazell
13 hours ago
you get out of any symbolism what you put into it. You can make a symbol mean what ever you want it to. But then you probably thing Carl Jung was a Satanist, in fact any great thinker who asks us to question seems to be a satanist, don't they? I bet in his day that rapscallion Edison an d his evil light bulbs was a Satanist. And who was that free thinker who though fire was a good idea? Or that vile wheel? And those wicked airplanes.
God save me, from your "good" people

surprisingly he let it through and responded, however when I went to reply I found I was blocked. here was his reply:

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david1057
7 hours ago
@eahazell So you're saying that everyone of us created these signs & symbols, when in fact they have been established by people in power & authority?
Keep on sleeping if you like!
david1057 7 hours ago


of course any attempt to respond is now halted and it will appear that he "shut me up"

Now don't get me wrong people are free to their ideas, what they believe, and free to share (not impose ) them. It is a dangerous consideration this internet we've woven. How free do we allow ourselves to be? At some points it is easy to say there is a line we shall not cross. Posting kiddie porn for example. I doubt anyone will agree that's a good thing to allow. But as we move closer to more aspects of what we allow were do we get to a line that impinges on personal freedoms? When does the Nanny state begin? Big Brother.
It is no trite comment Stan Lee made when he put these words into Uncle Ben's mouth:

"With Great Power there must also always be great responsibility."

We hold great power in our hands with this web of information. But who should control it? And how much. Sure david1057 was well within his rights for his personal site to block me. No matter how fearful and weak it makes him appear, no matter what it does to my credibility on his site.

And he is free to post his propaganda as is every well thinking and even not so well thinking mindless zealots are free to express their views. But one must open their mind when regarding any information. Because when you come down to it, almost all history is hearsay, subject to the presenters biases either purposefully or unconsciously.

But freedom comes at a cost a cost most of us are so far removed from, we don't value it as we should. Our lives have not been threatened, our way of life is not in immediate danger, instead it slips away subtly bite by bite. The Patriot act, new laws to regulate information on the net across the globe.

Soon, Maybe Alan Moore's "V" was not so far from the mark during this rather prophetic speech. Maybe we need our caged rattled.

V: Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration - whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday - I thought we could mark this November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?
Cruelty and injustice...intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order. He promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
Last night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago, a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words - they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek...then I ask you to stand beside me, one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament. And together, we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever, be forgot!"

or as Thomas Jefferson so aptly put it even more succinctly:

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."