Re:anonymous =! free (Score 1)

Excuse-me, but what's the problem?

For the most part, you're right, this type of service is commonly used by idiots to host some of the dumbest material I've seen.

The problem comes in the precident set. We live it a world rapidly trying to become a one-world government. Precidents set by European countries affect a large portion of the first world nations, more than might be noticed at first. A prime example is the UN's push for the complete abolition of small arms in private hands, spurring on the cause of gun control in the US government.

When it comes to anonymous speech, we shouldn't overlook individuals who are living in oppressed nations who are trying to tell the outside world what's really going on. Say, for example, someone makes it out of a country with a nastily represive government, like Iraq. They want to put up web material to help the world understand what is really going on behind what the popular press says, but if they offer their real identity they face the very nasty threat of assassination.

Obviously, you could think up a dozen scenerios like this.

Freedom of speech is a vital key to US freedoms, so it should be no surprise that it is a vital key to freedom everywhere. For every nation which follows France's lead in censoring the voice of the common man, we take one more step toward totalitarianism.

- Xiombarg