So, this is a blog, many of which do not fold in photos but rely solely on language. I will use this space to pose questions or just pick up discussions we have had in class. After reading the first paragraph of Thomas L. Friedman's essay "Power to the (Blogging) People," can you respond to the idea that because China does not have "democratic elections," the whole arena of blogging has become "the de facto voice of the people"? What does it mean to have NO voice in the government but then to have a tool like this where you can voice your opinions, join forces with other like-minded people, and realize that there might be something more powerful than the official voice of the government?
With a Gmail account you should be able to respond to this post, and I look forward to reading what you have to say - of course, in your VERY best, grammatically correct, prose!
Not having a voice in your country, is crazy because everyone want to have some say so about what go on in there goverment. Not being able to voice your opinion,having no say so in what you do is like being locked up and u never was arrested!
ReplyDeleteBeing someone who many would consider to be different, I understand what it's like to sometime not have your voice heard or to be look over. They now have the power of what we call freedom of speech. No man or women should not be allow to say and do what they feel. I sometime as well as many Americans do,take the small things for granted like have a voice. Thats why we should be thankful for the world we live in and remember that we could live in a part of the world where we have no voice at all.
ReplyDeleteNot having a voice in the government to means yu're nothing, and that yoy have no meaning on this earth. i know that in the U.S we get to vote but that only goes so far. so for the people in china to blog in be heard along with everyone else. gives them power that they never knew they had,..its not that we have "no voice" its just that they were not using it.
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