Out of Jim Gilliam's 12 minute speech titled "The Internet is My Religion" the quote that struck me the most was "so I blogged about it." It encompassed everything we have learned in Independent Media to date.
If no one had ever felt the need to "blog about it" there is a large possibility that independent media would not be as powerful as it has grown to be.
Gilliam's speech really showed the strength a blog can have and how independent media is influential in society as a whole. His plea for a new pair of lungs and his frustration with the UCLA doctors was made public through his blog. The public outcry was what got Gilliam an appointment for a double lung transplant, and then saved his life.
The way Gilliam wove his lifelong love for the Internet with his personal battle with cancer was moving and thought provoking. How much can we use the Internet for before it becomes TOO much?
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