[Air-l] peace

[Aldon Hynes]

I have two different, and probably related reactions
to the discussion about how the internet is affecting
the way we experience current political situation.

One topic is, how is blogging affecting the available
information.  Currently, I am reading Kevin Sites
blog, http://www.kevinsites.net/.  Kevin is a CNN
reporter currently in Northern Iraq.  This site is his
personal blog.  A second site that I am following is
'Where is Raed?', http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/. 
This is a blog from a person living in Baghdad.  This
relates to the article posted here a while ago U.S.
citizens starting to get more news from non-U.S.
sites.  I am wondering to what extent AoIRers are
following blogs like this, and what other blogs people
recommendd.

The second topic I think of in terms of Larry Niven's
famous 1973 short story, Flash Crowd.  (See the
Wikipedia article
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Crowd)

I received several emails about anti-war activities
within two hours of the bombing in Iraq starting. 
This has facilitated 'Flash Crowds' of demonstrators
to mobilize in ways not possible.  Within a day, I had
received an online petition,
http://www.moveon.org/declaration/ 

I am interested in others thoughts and experiences
with Flash Crowds as well as 'flash' online petitions.

Aldon

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