We so take our freedom for granted
For those of us who live in the US, our axis to global information and live stream radio via Internet are absolutely unlimited, in part because the U.S. believes our access to pretty much everything "be it on the far left or the far right or in between" MUST not be infringed. Truly the only thing that may narrow our information access ... are our willful decisions to not look at what we have available to us.....whether it be at home...or through our public libraries...or in our nation's capital ....the free unlimited use of the Smithsonian Institute, Library of Congress, Air and Space Museum.
Perhaps we are often times prisoners of too much information to sort through in order to establish a sense of place. Should this be our trap, we should only wish this trap never gets broken into.
Anyways, all of us are free to soulseek far far far beyond the channels that are most popular. Yes I can listen to NBC or CBS or ABC, CNN, or Fox...but I can choose to log onto BBC.co.uk, CBC (Canada), read the daily Capetown, South Africa paper, Even freely translate stuff that isn't in English using free online software, to decrypt knowkedge from any number of foreign languages not in our backyard
Also, we are free via cyberspace to learn a foreign language taught on YouTube by a woman who lives halfway around the world. This freedom is incredible!!!
But then after I get excited what's out there on our cyber airwaves, I ponder...what about the people and places right down the street I live on...and in my houses and papers and the sanctity of the first room I see every day I wake up.
This bliss and freedom is earned with not just labor and toil, but those men and women who boldly risked their lives for something we periodically forget to appreciate, but at the same time have been celebrating perpetually since 1776.
I want to honor the soldiers who put themselves on the front lines selflessly, and also the firefighters, police, and nurses and doctors whose selfless actions over many years make our present day freedoms possible. We are all rich in this freedom...and even if struggling financially, there is this never disappearing thing called "hope".
Perhaps we are often times prisoners of too much information to sort through in order to establish a sense of place. Should this be our trap, we should only wish this trap never gets broken into.
Anyways, all of us are free to soulseek far far far beyond the channels that are most popular. Yes I can listen to NBC or CBS or ABC, CNN, or Fox...but I can choose to log onto BBC.co.uk, CBC (Canada), read the daily Capetown, South Africa paper, Even freely translate stuff that isn't in English using free online software, to decrypt knowkedge from any number of foreign languages not in our backyard
Also, we are free via cyberspace to learn a foreign language taught on YouTube by a woman who lives halfway around the world. This freedom is incredible!!!
But then after I get excited what's out there on our cyber airwaves, I ponder...what about the people and places right down the street I live on...and in my houses and papers and the sanctity of the first room I see every day I wake up.
This bliss and freedom is earned with not just labor and toil, but those men and women who boldly risked their lives for something we periodically forget to appreciate, but at the same time have been celebrating perpetually since 1776.
I want to honor the soldiers who put themselves on the front lines selflessly, and also the firefighters, police, and nurses and doctors whose selfless actions over many years make our present day freedoms possible. We are all rich in this freedom...and even if struggling financially, there is this never disappearing thing called "hope".
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