From: Nobody <an50@desert.hacktic.nl> Many "electronic democracy" fans worship the results of opinion polls rather than thinking for themselves; they get truly pissed by the possibility that their lemming mentality could be manipulated. .... But all the convicing rhetoric in the world doesn't finally decide these issues; in the end its what specifically we do with our cyberspace technology that will decide how free we are in cyberspace. .................................... I read a statement somewhere to the effect of: When we are faced with a disease, we shouldn't say "what is wrong with the germ"? Rather we should be asking ourselves "what should we be doing to prevent it from affecting us"? Rather than achieving a grasp of methods&means to help themselves, lemmings will instead complain about the need for "good" leadership. This is a good summary from "Nobody" on what I have noticed from my very recent forays into Usenet newsgroups (and other places). Blanc