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Re: Escaping 1997

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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>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.

Agreed.  The Yemenis need a better press agent.
--scott
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  Re: Escaping 1997 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-05-08 00:18 +0000
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