HW 19: Freedom of Speech and Blogs

After reading Daniel Drezner and Henry Farrell’s article “Web of Influence” (Kline & Burnstein) I think the most important paragraph would have to be with second one below the headline Rage Inside The Machine on page 92. I think this a very significant paragraph because it is about bloggers that aren’t as fortunate as us since they live in countries where media is controlled thorouly by a dictator or government. The government monitors many blogs and anything that is considered treason can turn into legal action against the blogger or get them kicked off the blogosphere. In countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran people face punishment if anything is said again their respective government. Speech is not free in these nations. This is upsetting because we take the first amendment for granted at times and don’t realize how lucky we are. If I disagree with the job our government is doing I can blog about that if I want to. Voices need to be heard all around the world.