The Economist’s Bagehot writes about his idea of “The chemistry of revolution,” while admitting he’s generalizing from two.
Ethan Zuckerman on “Iran, citizen media and media attention.” “Unfortunately, unlike positive online gestures of solidarity (retweeting reports from Iran, turning Twitter or Facebook pictures green), this one does little more than piss off sysadmins, helps Iranian authorities make the case that forces outside Iran are “attacking the country” and encourage user-driven censorship as a response to unwanted speech.” See the excellent “DDOS attacks on Iran’s web-sites: what a stupid idea!” for more on that idea
Meanwhile, people in Iran are being “Arrested for asking a policeman for his badge number.” Sorry, that should read Britian. Emergent Chaos regrets the confusion. Obviously, the corrupt politicians creating a police state in Britian speak English, which makes it all ok, like the US Department of Defense which presents “Protests are “Low-Level Terrorism””
