tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post114566684676614302..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace, the ConferenceDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1145830222205583642006-04-24T06:10:00.000+08:002006-04-24T06:10:00.000+08:00I read about your account of the conferences that ...I read about your account of the conferences that you attended and I felt as if I've stepped into another world that a lot of people is not seeing much less understand. And yet it is the future. I am suffering futureshock here. <BR/><BR/>I consider myself lucky, that being a senior citizen, I am straddling two worlds - the old world where I grew up and the world of cyberspace where I am now struggling to understand and trying to still be relevant in. I hope the youth of today appreciate and knows how to use it well for the good of humankind.Bernardo F. Ronquillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054476909603464900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1145780996921727702006-04-23T16:29:00.000+08:002006-04-23T16:29:00.000+08:00without borders,Pornography--hetero or homo or oth...without borders,<BR/>Pornography--hetero or homo or othero--is illegal in most jurisdictions. Of course the big problem is deciding, in any given case whether something is pornographic or not. In other words, like terrorism, there is a bind over the definition of pornography.<BR/><BR/>But I think in most places, they allow "local community standards" to decide whether something is pornographic or not.<BR/><BR/>Artists, movie makers and yes, pornographers do often play the role of canaries in the mine shaft. As governments and states turn to repressive measures against all mediums of expression, they tend to step on such practitioners of "free speech" -- thus alerting the larger society to the presence of repressive trends.<BR/><BR/>However, I do believe local communities are empowered to set their own standards in these regards. <BR/><BR/>All the more reason I suppose to jealously guard our freedom to travel. Or to oppose the local ordinances by reducing them to absurdity, where possible.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1145779596296336932006-04-23T16:06:00.000+08:002006-04-23T16:06:00.000+08:00we are talking about free expression in cyberspace...we are talking about free expression in cyberspace but deep down south in marawi city, the local government had outlawed pornography and homosexuality. read today's PDI, page A18. this is nothing but a talibanization of the country. bloggers and freedom loving people of this country should condemn this blatant violation of our basic human rights and free expression. certainly regulation, probably an ordinance, is unconstitutional.Dave Lloritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592787212335457164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1145698222426375952006-04-22T17:30:00.000+08:002006-04-22T17:30:00.000+08:00Hi Dean, hi Karl,The conference sounds really awes...Hi Dean, hi Karl,<BR/><BR/>The conference sounds really awesome!<BR/><BR/>Gosh and to think I'm still in stone age blogging - ugh! <BR/><BR/>Gotta get my blogging bearings right pretty quickly.HILLBLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977843513566589811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1145676655747501842006-04-22T11:30:00.000+08:002006-04-22T11:30:00.000+08:00I am consoled, because of you and the others who b...I am consoled, because of you and the others who blogged about the conference.Just like being there myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com