Re: Escaping 1997

Message-ID	<66400205@news.ausics.net> (permalink)
From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: Escaping 1997
Newsgroups	comp.misc
References	<slrnv3lbpm.cmk.bencollver@svadhyaya.localdomain> <v1egci$3hu38$1@dont-email.me> <v1o00v$c1d$1@panix2.panix.com>
Date	2024-05-12 09:40 +1000
Organization	Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net

Show all headers | View raw

Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>Without the instant two-way connectivity afforded by modern digital media, 
>>the students across University campuses in the US and beyond would not now 
>>be demonstrating in favour of peace in Gaza and freedom for Palestinians.
> 
> Indeed.  It is worth comparing with the anti-war protests in the US in the
> early 1970s, which were themselves a consequence of Americans being able to
> see the war up close on television.  Today the connection is far faster and
> more direct.

Hasn't helped civilians in Yemen who have been getting killed for
longer, by the Saudis armed with US/UK-supplied weapons. I'm not
sure that social media has really made the popular western world
view any less selective than it was in the past.

-- 
__          __
#_ < |\| |< _#

Thread

Escaping 1997 Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2024-05-07 22:53 +0000
  Re: Escaping 1997 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-05-08 00:18 +0000
    Re: Escaping 1997 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-05-11 14:40 +0000
      Re: Escaping 1997 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-05-12 09:40 +1000
        Re: Escaping 1997 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-05-12 13:07 +0000
  Re: Escaping 1997 Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2024-05-08 15:15 +0000
    Re: Escaping 1997 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-05-08 15:26 -0700
  Re: Escaping 1997 Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-08 20:11 +0300

csiph-web