The Obama administration is leading an effort to develop "shadow" Internet and mobile-phone networks that allow activists to circumvent state control.
Speech is the defining attribute that separates the human being from the animal; though animals make sounds to communicate to other animals, they do not articulate thoughts into speech like the human being do – a difference accentuated by stature.
The human being goes upright, the head above the heart while the animal goes on all fours indicating that the head and the heart are on the same level – meaning, the sounds of the animal are emotional responses. Animals looks at the ground; human beings looks to heaven.
The Torah differentiates the creation of animal being called forth from the earth while the human being is made of clay but then enlivened through the breath of God – it is that breath that allows us to speak. Freedom of speech is the most valued of all freedoms.
The Cabala connects human speech with Godly speech noting how both have the capacity to change the world through free choice – God puts forth a plan speaking the world into creation and we change the plan through our articulated thoughts and resulting in actions.
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