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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Escaping 1997
Date: 11 May 2024 14:40:31 -0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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>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.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."