Spinoff: Iran Envy?

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by jennyj87

I'm going to have to call the challenge flag on that one. Although only 13, I did pay very much attention to that election, as well as the one in 2004, where again I wasn't able to vote. My classmates and I DID do stuff, even though we weren't able to vote, like helping those who were register. When the election results came in, we DID protest on things other than the internet.

Erm, yeah - good work? Anecdotes aren't my preferred method of "calling the challenge flag" (as it were) - but the point isn't that you specifically were incapable of doing such, just that the youngest generation is much more likely to use "new media" to reach out, whereas before you'd need a sit-in or whatever.

Originally Posted by jennyj87

The things that are happening in Iran right now are terrible. Anyone that disagrees with me, well I'm sorry that you are that ignorant.

Has literally anyone on Earth who is not Basij said "the things happening in Iran right now are pretty much OK" or anything resembling disagreement with you? I mean, I'm all for a good idiot-wranglin' but you're really screaming into the wind here, aren't you?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Erm, yeah - good work? Anecdotes aren't my preferred method of "calling the challenge flag" (as it were) - but the point isn't that you specifically were incapable of doing such, just that the youngest generation is much more likely to use "new media" to reach out, whereas before you'd need a sit-in or whatever.

Arguably, the mode of social action has to change with the times.

My issue with it is that social action can sometimes become more of a fad than anything. The deceased student Nadea's image is circulating the internet as the image of young Iranian protest. There's even one of those drawn image thingies that folks created for Obama during the election (ya know, the annoying trendy fad Obama stuff that caught on).

I have no issue with it as long as it conveys a MESSAGE rather than relying on trendy imagery for young people who don't know what the hell is going on.

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Erm, yeah - good work? Anecdotes aren't my preferred method of "calling the challenge flag" (as it were) - but the point isn't that you specifically were incapable of doing such, just that the youngest generation is much more likely to use "new media" to reach out, whereas before you'd need a sit-in or whatever.



Has literally anyone on Earth who is not Basij said "the things happening in Iran right now are pretty much OK" or anything resembling disagreement with you? I mean, I'm all for a good idiot-wranglin' but you're really screaming into the wind here, aren't you?

Ohh rude people never seem to amaze me, even on the internet.