We could...

The internet could become a global town square where an intelligent exchange of ideas could occur.  A place of enrichment and learnimg.  A place to discuss social issues and connect with like minded people to create community.  Like anything else it is what you use it for.  Also like everywhere else it is shaped by other people too.  Maybe someday, but for now, I am profoundly dismayed by wanton displays of pure idiocy.  These are days I think about, leaving them to it and never logging on again. :)