Egyptian regieme falls to disruptive power of the internet.

Out founding fathers knew that our freedom was granted by access to firearms. That is why they put the right to bear arms in the constitution. The firearm is a double edged sword.  Both good and bad can come about from it's use. But this was 235 years ago, in a different age, a different technology and a different revolution.

This week we are seeing history being made. The Defense initiatives of the Cold War have yielded the biggest threat to dictators and despots ever devised.  We called it the Internet.  The free flow of information is what this is about.  In years past with out the information delivered by the Internet no one in Egypt would have heard about a man immolating himself in Tunisia.  Yet this simple news item along with free speech to discuss the event are what set Egypt on it's ear and sent Mubarak packing.

The Internet, like the right to bear arms, is a double edged sword.  There is much about the Internet that is undesirable.  It will be an interesting second decade to watch and see how the Internet will shape the world around us.  I'm sure other Middle East regimes are sweating a further chain reaction.  Will the next government of Egypt recognize the source of the peoples power and make Internet access a right?  Should it be a right?