Joichi Ito Quotes

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

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Korea has an extremely vibrant gaming, blogging, mobile phone and youth culture scene and I was eager to find out more about what was going on.

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It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

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The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.

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I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.

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Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee.

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We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation.

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Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

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However, as I read criticisms in the comments and on other blogs about what I write, I have become increasingly sensitive about what I say here.

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I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

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I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.

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I still believe that there are definitely costs to anonymity, but stifling anonymous speech is a huge cost to democracy.

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When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

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I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

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We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

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Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

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There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.

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The most important thing I learned in school was how to touch type.

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It also brings me hope that we can resolve conflicts in our regions by connecting people and fighting against extremism in all of our countries.

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But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position

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This is my first time in Seoul. It's amazing to me that I've never been here before.

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An open network is more important for democracy than the right to bear arms and the right to vote. Voice is more important than votes.

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For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.

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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy

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