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Originally Posted by Zoxxa
Older generations still rule in power. Younger generations communicate differently with technology. This type of communication has not been taken serious as of yet, hence the lack of effect it has taken. I don't think too many politicians give a fuck about 25,000 facebook petitioners, but they may care about 200 people physically standing in front of their office. It's perspective, and the older generation in power seem to have a lack of respect for the amount of voices trying to be heard by new technology. You can sense that tone / sarcasm in this thread alone.
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If this was all true, a president making a speech and telling the citizens we are going to be in Afghanistan for another 10 years wouldn't have happened.
Here's some good pictures from the Vietnam war era. These demonstrations didn't go on over a nice weekend in June in a small park in a few cities. They went on all over the country for years. And the politicians finally did get the message.
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isc....0.-6kZa7rgyb0