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Post #4,934
by Fearless Freep
8/13/01 6:34:23 PM
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New Problem is....
...you don't go far enough back. Before the church had control over communication distribution, "mass communication" was accomplished by speakers in public meeting places (town centers), especially in cities that were along major trade routes or intersections, where people could get up and pretty much say what they wanted (to a degree, remember Socrates and the Hemlock)
Jay O'Connor

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to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
Post #5,067
by drewk
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8/14/01 1:45:33 PM
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New Not disagreeing, but a question
Are you saying that the effect I described actually predates the church's[1] opposition to the printing press? I hadn't thought of it before, but I suppose the Hemlock could be a pretty graphic example of someone shutting down free speech.

[1] Although I'm using "the church" here to mean specifically the particular denomination that happened to be opposing the press, for the larger point I was thinking powerful organized religion in general.
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     I just came up with a new truism - (drewk) - (11) - Aug. 13, 2001, 03:45:06 PM EDT
         Only Catholics will get it -NT - (tablizer) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 05:15:06 PM EDT
             I got it, I'm not Catholic. -NT - (addison) - Aug. 13, 2001, 05:50:32 PM EDT
         Not a truism, just a bad pun -NT - (Fearless Freep) - (5) - Aug. 13, 2001, 05:58:37 PM EDT
             More than a pun - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 13, 2001, 06:15:59 PM EDT
                 Problem is.... - (Fearless Freep) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 06:34:23 PM EDT
                     Not disagreeing, but a question - (drewk) - Aug. 14, 2001, 01:45:33 PM EDT
                 A point I thought you'd touch on. - (static) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 10:42:26 PM EDT
                     Well, I would have - (drewk) - Aug. 14, 2001, 01:47:03 PM EDT
         Obligatory quibble - (mhuber) - (2) - Aug. 14, 2001, 11:16:14 AM EDT
             Re: ObClarification - (Ashton) - Aug. 14, 2001, 03:48:58 PM EDT
             You're right about Gutenburg. - (static) - Aug. 14, 2001, 08:39:16 PM EDT

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