If the global argument over the Danish cartoons that so offended Muslims tells us anything, it is that we can no longer afford to be quite so surprised by the global reach of information, and further, that censoring the flow of content is not a solution to the worldwide culture clash. “The truth is, the internet cannot be both globally acceptable and a force for democracy… Spraying the world with a fire hose of information may not be the answer, but it’s closer to the right result than filtering the internet down to a trickle.”