6.15.2009

The Revolution Will Be Twittered

oh yes, indeed...

...That a new information technology could be improvised for this purpose so swiftly is a sign of the times. It reveals in Iran what the Obama campaign revealed in the United States. You cannot stop people any longer. You cannot control them any longer. They can bypass your established media; they can broadcast to one another; they can organize as never before...

click title above for Andrew Sullivan's take ...at the Daily Dish/The Atlantic

and hopefully all that will be the way to obtain this... collaboration, empathy
Two Young Men In Black And Green


Top Cleric Calls for Inquiry as Protesters Defy Ban in Iran - NYT
“These people are not seeking a revolution,” said Ali Reza, a young actor in a brown T-shirt who stood for a moment watching on the rally’s sidelines. “We don’t want this regime to fall. We want our votes to be counted, because we want reforms, we want kindness, we want friendship with the world.”