Comments on: Generation Q? http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/10/11/generation-q/ A Blog of Ideas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Unkie Herb http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/10/11/generation-q/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Unkie Herb Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:48:27 +0000 http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/10/11/generation-q/#comment-1287 Your final point nails it. The apparent apathy that Friedman perceives is a manifestation of the cynical view my generation has toward mass protest (and it's effectiveness). In addition, Friedman ignores the presence and voice that bloggers, online petitions, and even Facebook groups can have. Several major Canadian and British news orgs (including the BBC) have run stories on the Support the Monks Protest in Burma group on Facebook. The protest of over a thousand people I helped with here in Toronto was background noise, in comparison. Your final point nails it.

The apparent apathy that Friedman perceives is a manifestation of the cynical view my generation has toward mass protest (and it’s effectiveness).

In addition, Friedman ignores the presence and voice that bloggers, online petitions, and even Facebook groups can have. Several major Canadian and British news orgs (including the BBC) have run stories on the Support the Monks Protest in Burma group on Facebook. The protest of over a thousand people I helped with here in Toronto was background noise, in comparison.

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