Reply #14: I'm gonna start by recommending this thread. [View All]

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I'm 57 and am utterly horrified by the lack of action by the young generation. In 1970 such actions as those of * and his minions would have had millions of students in the streets. There would have been general student strikes, signs everywhere, a large, permanent protest presense in the shadow of the White House, etc.

Maybe times have changed and we will now do things differently now. But I will say that there's one big difference. In 1970 there wasn't a day that passed that you didn't hear about protests. Now we take our protests to the Internet. Unfortunately, the Internet is a "pull" technology where people can choose to enter into the dialog, or not. Being on the street by the thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions is a "push" technology which forces the dialog on the world, whether it wants to listen or not. Vive la difference!

So how do we take the discussion to the streets when the Internet has no streets?