Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Justification - Why Anonymity?

Are the religious, cultural historical propaganda still valuable? Or are they stuck in the emotional remnants? Is the idea of right or wrong still valid? Or is the idea of right or wrong substituted into the idea of priority?

Perhaps, the reason for the conflict can be justified, but no one can agree to the solution that ends the conflict. At the same time, the historical or religious values are losing its point in the other side of the world due to the technological advances. Most of them are more exposed to the information infrastructure – they communicate faster – new ideas come up every other second – instead of the value judgment over the idea that weather it’s right or wrong, the agents on the net collectively organize the structure to create priority. The structure of organization is not vertical hierarchy, but horizontally connected.

The physical segregation by the extreme security measures in the area causes the pockets of information that can’t flow – which leads to the discrepancy of information over same area. The possession of more or less information creates clear controlling hierarchy structure. The profiling system makes it harder for the freedom of expression. The communication hardly occurs in this discontinuous environment.

At the same time, the strict profiling policy makes it harder to achieve individual freedom. Based upon religion and nationality, the residence of the West Bank area are already tagged and categorized to be treated in certain way. Not only that, but also the fact that each side is segregated, yet bonding together within their own group based upon the imposed strong propaganda makes it impossible to have freedom of communication and expression.

It is true that the level of emergency and insecurity of the region requires the transparency from its members. However, are they ready for it? Isn't total transparency will cause another controlling measure that becomes restriction? Plus, if the transparency is not imposed fairly, it will only creates another vertical hierarchy in the region.

Instead of transparency, I want to propose anonymous network channel within the region that can go beyond the wall. The anonymous network channel will be designed to contribute to achieve equivalency of the information to the West Bank area. By not requiring individual profile data, it guarantees the freedom of expression and exchange of the information. At the same time, by storing the data from both side, the anonymous network somehow gains a role inside of the community as a new monument that does not carry any specific propaganda.

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