[coldtea]

>Wow, what's with all the frowns and sad faces? The Internet is perhaps the most incredible invention of humanity ever. Billions of people are connected to each other like never before

And why is that a good thing in itself? Easy access to anybody else?

Ever stopped to think what kind of other side-effects that ability could have?

[mseebach]

I can come up with a number of reasons it would be bad, but none that doesn't make me sound like a rabid totalitarian.

[coldtea]

Actually if you were a rabid totalitarian, easy access to everyone would be the greatest gift you could ask for. Especially working towards building some large empire...