Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Global Voices Manifesto
It's a draft, but then again, in the post-paper world, isn't everything? It says:
We believe in free speech: in protecting the right to speak -- and the right to listen. We believe in universal access to the tools of speech.One of the most eloquent Freedom to Connect statements I've seen.
To that end, we seek to enable everyone who wants to speak to have the means to speak -- and everyone who wants to hear that speech, the means to listen to it.
Thanks to new tools, speech need no longer be controlled by those who own the means of publishing and distribution, or by governments that would restrict thought and communication. Now, anyone can wield the power of the press. Everyone can tell their stories to the world.
We seek to build bridges across the gulfs that divide people, so as to understand each other more fully. We seek to work together more effectively, and act more powerfully.
We believe in the power of direct connection. The bond between individuals from different worlds is personal, political and powerful. We believe conversation across boundaries is essential to a future that is free, fair, prosperous and sustainable - for all citizens of this planet.
While we continue to work and speak as individuals, we also seek to identify and promote our shared interests and goals. We pledge to respect, assist, teach, learn from, and listen to one other.
We are Global Voices.
Comments:
In a World where everybody has something to say, the mother to the daughter, the daughter to the husband, the husband to the friend, the friend to the enemy, it would be nice once in a while to find somebody willing to listen.
The right to speak should be like freedom, mine ends where yours begins...
Talking should be noise submitted to order by wisdom, but so very often it is noise submitted to nothing.
Patrizia
http://www.worldonip.com
http://woip.blogspot.com
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The right to speak should be like freedom, mine ends where yours begins...
Talking should be noise submitted to order by wisdom, but so very often it is noise submitted to nothing.
Patrizia
http://www.worldonip.com
http://woip.blogspot.com
