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	<title>Comments on: Locke and Demosthenes: A Thought on Political Blogs</title>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-432</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Locke, though i understand what you mean, we are indeed falling into a net based world that should not depend on the power of the electric circuit, you must admit people are foolish and therefore the net is a powerful force that can be used for good.  Locke within Ender&#039;s Game would of never had a chance to spread his ideas had he released his identity as a teenager immediately, theres simply no way someone would take him seriously.  This is how its been for a long time, and now that politicians run the show rather than the general beliefs of the people, the internet is the one place where you have to take an opinion based on its value, not on the one who says it.  That is the power of the internet that must continue on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Locke, though i understand what you mean, we are indeed falling into a net based world that should not depend on the power of the electric circuit, you must admit people are foolish and therefore the net is a powerful force that can be used for good.  Locke within Ender&#8217;s Game would of never had a chance to spread his ideas had he released his identity as a teenager immediately, theres simply no way someone would take him seriously.  This is how its been for a long time, and now that politicians run the show rather than the general beliefs of the people, the internet is the one place where you have to take an opinion based on its value, not on the one who says it.  That is the power of the internet that must continue on.</p>
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		<title>By: Locke</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-427</link>
		<dc:creator>Locke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The question of the internet is becoming more and more common these days. Is that really such a good idea?

To bring our politics online would be another large step towards our internet-based future. Computers are fast headed to becoming the center of our lives. Already, many of our relationships begin on the web. Dating sites are a common way to meet someone special. There are also other simple solutions on the internet.
Usually it may be easy to come up with only the good points of these types of crutches for our lazy minds and effort. 
However, often these site are full of phantom people, superficial personas dancing around one another. Who can we trust in the fake world our society is now plunging into? How can we  trust this artifical space our society has invented and caressed?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The question of the internet is becoming more and more common these days. Is that really such a good idea?</p>
<p>To bring our politics online would be another large step towards our internet-based future. Computers are fast headed to becoming the center of our lives. Already, many of our relationships begin on the web. Dating sites are a common way to meet someone special. There are also other simple solutions on the internet.<br />
Usually it may be easy to come up with only the good points of these types of crutches for our lazy minds and effort.<br />
However, often these site are full of phantom people, superficial personas dancing around one another. Who can we trust in the fake world our society is now plunging into? How can we  trust this artifical space our society has invented and caressed?</p>
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		<title>By: Barack Obama &#124; NezSez</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-397</link>
		<dc:creator>Barack Obama &#124; NezSez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] must say that when I wrote my Locke and Demosthenes post, I would never have thought that Barack Obama was actually ahead of the curve &#8212; just shows [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] must say that when I wrote my Locke and Demosthenes post, I would never have thought that Barack Obama was actually ahead of the curve &#8212; just shows [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Nez</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-97</link>
		<dc:creator>Nez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agreed. At the least, the comments would be probably have to be moderated, but then we get into censorship territory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed. At the least, the comments would be probably have to be moderated, but then we get into censorship territory.</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-96</link>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nez,

In a perfect world all politicians would have blogs, and answer all of the questions in their comment section, however, that wouldn&#039;t last for long, as I&#039;m sure they would claim they had to close down comments because they were receiving too much spam (undoubtedly).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nez,</p>
<p>In a perfect world all politicians would have blogs, and answer all of the questions in their comment section, however, that wouldn&#8217;t last for long, as I&#8217;m sure they would claim they had to close down comments because they were receiving too much spam (undoubtedly).</p>
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		<title>By: Nez</title>
		<link>http://www.nezsez.com/locke-and-demosthenes-a-thought-on-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-89</link>
		<dc:creator>Nez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Catherine and Hunter, excellent points.

It&#039;s probably more likely a number of bloggers may at some point have enough influence to get people (subscribers) to action, assuming Net Neutrality reigns (I&#039;m just thinking of China right now, and how they censor sites).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Catherine and Hunter, excellent points.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s probably more likely a number of bloggers may at some point have enough influence to get people (subscribers) to action, assuming Net Neutrality reigns (I&#8217;m just thinking of China right now, and how they censor sites).</p>
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		<title>By: Hunter Nuttall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hunter Nuttall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If politicians can&#039;t write their own speeches, then I don&#039;t see many of them writing their own blogs.  I&#039;d certainly like to read George Bush&#039;s personally written blog about what he finds on &quot;the Google,&quot; but I don&#039;t see that happening. Blogs are like a conversation, and I don&#039;t think politicians are allowed to have unscripted conversations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If politicians can&#8217;t write their own speeches, then I don&#8217;t see many of them writing their own blogs.  I&#8217;d certainly like to read George Bush&#8217;s personally written blog about what he finds on &#8220;the Google,&#8221; but I don&#8217;t see that happening. Blogs are like a conversation, and I don&#8217;t think politicians are allowed to have unscripted conversations.</p>
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		<title>By: CatherineL</title>
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		<dc:creator>CatherineL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Nez - I&#039;m guessing that if politicians ran their own blogs most of them would be paying people on elance to stumble them and digg them.

I read somewhere recently that a political candidate did something like that a couple of years ago.  I think she got them to post comments on blogs telling everyone how wonderful she was, but it didn&#039;t work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Nez &#8211; I&#8217;m guessing that if politicians ran their own blogs most of them would be paying people on elance to stumble them and digg them.</p>
<p>I read somewhere recently that a political candidate did something like that a couple of years ago.  I think she got them to post comments on blogs telling everyone how wonderful she was, but it didn&#8217;t work.</p>
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