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- supernovasky, on 06/21/2009, -6/+138This is entirely amazing to me. Right now, the youth of Iran and those who are concerned with getting their voices heard are actually demanding democracy and representaiton in their country. Our own western media is doing such a ***** job at covering all of this, but what is amazing to me is that it doesn't matter. The revolution is virtualized, not televized. Humanity has become so adept at getting information to flow and transfer that every effort of the Iranian government to stop it is falling flat on its face. The internet, while always powerful (look at what it did for Obama) is now taking a serious step forward in the history of humanity. We are actually seeing a revolution planned, executed, and reported entirely using social media. Twitter is abuzz with ***** battle orders, telling people to go to certain places to defend them or help those who are hurt. The leader is using facebook to talk to all of his supporters, and just today posted that he is "ready for martyrdom."
I think this week is the week that we see traditional media lose all credibility, because they are worthless in this revolution, whereas now every individual person acts as a much better conduit for information in the REAL media of the human social zeitgeist... the internet. - inactive, on 06/21/2009, -1/+55Peace is not just the absence of conflict - it is also the presence of justice.
- genoc1de, on 06/21/2009, -1/+46You idiot, you do realize it's dinnerjacket&crew forcing them to wear hijabi.
The youth want freedom. The youth do not want massive religious ruling. They want real laws, real government, womens rights - Jman5, on 06/21/2009, -4/+46How is the media doing a bad job? The Iranian government has shut them down. There isn't much they can do when they are forbidden from leaving their hotels/offices and are being systematically kicked out of the country.
- includao, on 06/21/2009, -14/+43THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST.
Anonymous! - had3l, on 06/21/2009, -3/+31Anon is always on the side of chaos and anarchy.
If there is a revolution anywhere, they are going to support it - just for the lols. - had3l, on 06/21/2009, -6/+31for the lols
- HolyMan28, on 06/21/2009, -4/+27So, why do they protest?
- stopsucking, on 06/21/2009, -5/+28Buried. Title should be "This is HOW we protest". Where in there is the why?
- Betrayal, on 06/21/2009, -1/+22I hope Anon's actions will be effective
- Persian5Life, on 06/21/2009, -3/+21so i sit on my chair playing wow while my brothers and sister are getting shot at. you have no idea how guilty i feel when i watch these videos. hopefully these are the last days of the Islamic republic of Iran and the the birthday of the republic of Iran.
- unida767, on 06/21/2009, -0/+18"Where in there is the why?" Awesome sentence kudos
- CasaMan, on 06/21/2009, -1/+17Uhh yeah.. But traditional media is not responsible for facilitating a revolution..
- adremali, on 06/21/2009, -0/+16EverybodyPanic, you're an idiot. Just because they don't want religious oppression doesn't mean they don't want to follow their religion in their own way. They want to be able to choose weather or not to wear their Hijab. And during the protests, they choose to keep it on.
- turpenine, on 06/21/2009, -2/+15until you say to yourself, why did they use a beirut song?
- holzp, on 06/21/2009, -0/+12And yet you were able to type. Thank God for the Internet! Get to Twitter ASAP!
- seventoes, on 06/21/2009, -1/+13For the lulz.
- acegi, on 06/21/2009, -2/+14you being critical on the internet in the comforts of your home and fatty food is just as hypocritical.
nothing you say here will change anything, just like you said. - iDoraemon, on 06/21/2009, -2/+13What's incredible is that we're witnessing a massive historic event along the lines of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall. I just only hope it ends well like the Berlin Wall collapse.
- acegi, on 06/21/2009, -0/+9for freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to wear clothes that reveals face, freedom to dance, freedom to feel safe from government, freedom from wrongful persecution, freedom of thoughts and ideas, freedom of religion,
and freedom to be. - ZeroOrDie, on 06/21/2009, -1/+10Iran and Beirut? Dugg.
If I ever go back to Iran, hopefully it'll be free like it should have been after the first revolution. - inactive, on 06/22/2009, -2/+11It's a good day for anon. This, and the story on Miscavige.
We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. - Rawjava, on 06/21/2009, -1/+9Amazing. Truly moving, This is the real story not the crap they show on TV about rich drunken idiots but revolutions. Histroy in the making and some people dont even care.
- jynweythek, on 06/22/2009, -0/+8You may be right that it's not their fault, but regardless, it still demonstrates that traditional media failed where internet media succeeded.
+1 for supernovasky. for epic wisdom. - kanojo1969, on 06/21/2009, -0/+8Anyway, the protesters are now using hand-written and xerox'd flyers to coordinate their efforts, too many people have lost net and cellphone access.
The power of the net and the applications we can run on it is immense, it *is* like nothing that's ever occurred before, but so far the physical layer isn't robust enough to stay up in the face of centralised authority's desire to shut it down.
Some day, soon I hope, the network will be a peer based mesh, and network connections into and out of a country will number in the millions instead of a handful. It will be self-repairing, organic and dynamic. Once the network is that robust, then the social media applications will be able to stay relevant regardless of the wishes of authority. - Krysis, on 06/21/2009, -7/+15Very powerful. And I'd digg it a second time if I could for the version of Beirut's "Scenic World" I've never heard before.
- acegi, on 06/21/2009, -0/+8then why write a lengthy letter on-line that nobody will ever care about?
either you have a great fondness for wasting your time on the internet or you are a liar. - dafragsta, on 06/22/2009, -0/+6You realize that it's because of your second paragraph that people do the things in the first paragraph right? You answered your own question. People have empathy for people in impoverished and war-torn countries because it only makes them feel more helpless and more like they are taking the good things in their life for granted, all the while so many people have next to nothing and when it comes to freedom to express dissent. They realize the rights they have are far greater than these people.
Sure, it's not going to change much to issue good will toward these people, but the awareness they raise WILL make a difference. It will make a difference in how charitable people are. It will keep the horrible reality that is survival of the fittest in the conversation in places where we do have a virtually guaranteed tomorrow.
Knowing this kind of stuff is going on is what keeps people grounded in their perspective. It makes them want to do something about it, and out of that will come motives that will make a difference. You don't need an excuse to be jaded and not give a *****. That's your freedom and I don't think anyone would blame anyone else for turning away from the harsh reality of the outside world, but don't imply that these efforts are entirely self serving. It feels good to help people, sure, but all that matters is that good comes out of these intentions. It doesn't matter at all how effective they are. They will be effective to some variable degree. - Distraughtite, on 06/21/2009, -1/+7Even if a ballot is silenced, the voice behind it cannot be.
- whatusay879, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5R.I.P. Neda Soltan
- acegi, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5no, YOU wasted your time, not others.
- AvoidLovelock, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5It's on his Lon Gisland EP
- riggs32, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5I'm pretty sure you just described skynet.
- gann, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5i wish i can digg you twice
- CircleFusion, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5Apparently, they protest for buildings, fire and other imagery in sepia tone.
- kitsua, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4For great justice.
- NuclearDruid, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4You're a ***** moron EverybodyPanic - You know there are single women in the United States that wear Hijab's because it's on their own free will. Sometimes they accept a type of culture and abide to it on their own. Though I wouldn't expect anybody of your mental capacity to understand.
You're ***** retarded beyond comprehension. - inactive, on 06/21/2009, -1/+5This is why
- kanojo1969, on 06/21/2009, -1/+5Anyway, Chaotyk (if that *is* your real name), many Iranians in Iran have said to Nico from Huffpo that they *do* appreciate these superficial but symbolic gestures. They have no way of knowing if anyone cares, and stuff like this does help. I think it's easier to be brave when you feel like people around the world are rooting for you.
Besides all that, do you think it would be better just to shut up and do nothing? What a *****-juggler. Stuff another twinkie down your gullet and go back to WoW. - alienufo, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4it started out as that, but its evolved into much more. Some people were burning pictures of the supreme leader on Saturday after he threatened them with violence. Its no longer about a candidate, its about democracy and respecting the will of the people.
- DirtyVicar, on 06/21/2009, -1/+5I agree with you in principle, but the fact of the matter is this kind of "viral" stuff does multiply public awareness of what's going on. That does in turn affect the foreign policy matters of the first world nations, though admittedly not by very much seeing what little has happened with Darfur.
Anything that gets people interested in following real news instead of watching another episode of "Survivor" or "So You Think You Can Dance" is a positive contribution to humanity. - tcnks, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Chaotyk -I understand your comments, but, to close our eyes and turn away from the senseless deaths of those who want us to see what is being done to them by their government-is not what they want!! You believe that is entertainment for us and something to simply chat about.... do you know that by what has happened and what we are watching-we have come to see Iran and the people as people!! and not the b.s. that is told to us by what is allowed to be shown, and what will happen now and after the chaos has been silenced -we may not be able to control but, our government knows we our interested by how many of us our getting on here-and that will send a message and maybe, just maybe -something positive may come from this *****!! Many of us are aware of what is happening -and we do care
- PrettyGreen, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3nay, for the lulz.
- inactive, on 06/21/2009, -1/+4beautiful.
also this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cj9MEk16M - inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Clearly just to be retweeted.
- inactive, on 06/21/2009, -1/+4for freedom
- kanojo1969, on 06/21/2009, -0/+3I don't think anon is a legitimate political force yet, and probably never will be.
But what they are is a template, a primer, a way for nerds and social outcasts to figure out how to feel good about helping people, find their social conscience and voice, decide how this tech we take for granted can be used to actually do something good.
Anon is just the first generation, it will be 2 or 3 generations later before groups like this are able to really be effective. But you have to start somewhere. It's just that neither anon, their targets, nor the public in general really know how they fit into the political landscape yet. - BenOfAffleck, on 06/23/2009, -0/+3And the others that weren't caught on camera.
- dafragsta, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Do you think the Ayatollah would've resented the will of the people so much if they truly thought he would be a puppet? Do you think people would die over this election result if that were the case?
- ghostie, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2amen to that
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