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 Toronto Freenet: A Moral Crisis

 The immanent collapse of the Toronto Freenet has
 been blamed on some mysterious financial crisis
 resulting from government cut-backs. Well for one
 the government funding has continued unabated until
 very recently. And for another everyone knew that
 the end was coming to unlimited taxpayer money. 
 We had YEARS to prepare for this day. And still
 the crisis came.

 In my opinion there is no financial crisis in the 
 Toronto Freenet. The Internet business in Metro 
 Toronto is a hundred-billion dollar game. The 
 insignificant amount of money and resources the 
 Toronto Freenet requires to function could be paid 
 for by five minutes of revenue from the profit 
 making computer sector. There is no financial 
 crisis in the Toronto Freenet.

 The Toronto Freenet is in MORAL crisis. It has no 
 values, no vision, no core truths to fight for or 
 believe in. The past leadership have chosen narrow, 
 mean spirited and really un-pleasantly small concepts 
 and feelings to express. There is no way on earth any
 decent or creative people could be attracted to this 
 group of bigoted, stupid looking louts. The Internet 
 community respects INDEPENDANCE, TRUTH, LIBERTY and 
 a SENSE OF HUMOUR above all. And recoils from almost 
 everything the Toronto Freenet has come to stand for 
 to this day.

 The Toronto Freenet is in MORAL crisis because the
 people who have controlled it lack experience and goals 
 sufficiently broad and universal to attract widespread
 support on the Internet and in this metropolis of 
 Toronto. This is a place of many cultures, preferances 
 and beliefs. Toronto Freenet has been a poor, sad, 
insupportable ghetto of complete, soulless mediocrity. 
 Who in their balanced mind would give one penny to such 
 a group? Noooobody.

 The solution to this moral crisis is to imbue the 
 Toronto Freenet with values that challenge and inspire 
 us all. The Toronto Freenet must champion the forefront 
 of human rights, civil liberties, freedom of expression 
 and electronic license. The Toronto Freenet must demand 
 the best technology not the worst leftovers and give our 
 services away freely asking money only from the rich, 
 powerful and affluent who will, in turn give generously. 

 The Toronto Freenet must be the leader of the ethical 
 debate, the example to follow, the defender of community, 
 individuality and truth. And then everyone will throw 
 their money, time and hearts into what should be the 
 premier Community Internet Access Provider of this 
 city and the world beyond: Toronto Freenet.

 Peace.

 Bob Allisat                           tor@wtv.net
 Director,                           (416)588-0670
 World Televirtual Network      http://www.wtv.net
 Free Community Network         http://www.fcn.net