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Coming from you, it makes me wonder :-( 

Bob Allisat (bob@news.vrx.net) wrote:
:  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
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Nabil M. El-Khodari                    SAVE TFN NOW  
Info. Provider  TFN              WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS
Board Candidate           WITH TFN LOYALITY TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES