Often the question is asked what the use of freenet is in the West, where you have (presumably) already free speech. Well.. I stumbled upon a /. link to:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112568868274630508-LCeEmJwsVCTdLbpUXciwtBVJsek_20060914,00.html?mod=blogs Now, that's at least one thing Freenet could do for you, even in the West. Sometimes, people seem to think it's only good for persons and publications in repressive regimes, like China, and in the 'free west' the only use is illegal downloading or worse... but they seem to forget that whistleblowers are often silenced here too, by corporations, individuals and governments alike.
