California Conservative

Curt Hopkins, Director of the Committee to Protect Bloggers, writes (via CNET): “I’ve never been much of an activist. I lack that certain species of self-regard necessary to join the army of collar-tearing St. Sebastians who populate the peace industry.”

“But one morning I read an article about the detention and torture of Iranian bloggers. Within half an hour I had conceived and started the Committee to Protect Bloggers, or CPB. Here was a cause that required no hairsplitting. Simply put, no one, for any reason, should be tossed into prison and tortured for what he or she says. I was not alone.”

It’s one of those rare instances when both left and right became involved in the cause. We could agree to agree. And the beauty of blogging?

“Blogging is so decentralized that the complete suppression of dissent is becoming increasingly impractical. Will that lead to a messianic age of liberty and justice for all? I think that’s unlikely. But there are 14 million other bloggers out there, and they’ve all got their opinions.”

No kidding.

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