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<font face="Arial">Ok, that was about the dumbest 'hit send before
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On 1/21/2011 5:37 AM, Ginger Paque wrote:
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<font face="Arial">Hi David,<br>
I think this is probably true... but sometimes alternating power
is good just for the sake of change. The same leader for many
years (Zimbabwe, Tunisa, Cuba, Venezuela) causes politics to
become ingrained. Change helps populations hope (and work) for
further change.<br>
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(I have lived in Venezuela for 3o+ years as a resident, and
anything I say that can be construed to be critical of the
government is grounds for me to be (legally) deported.)<br>
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Best, Ginger<br>
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On 1/20/2011 6:26 PM, David Goldstein wrote:
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font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia is not free, they will just be ruled
by different despots supported by the west as Robert Fisk
outlined in the Independent a week or so ago.<br>
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Incremental changes maybe, significant change - you're
dreaming...<br>
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David<br>
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<hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Charity Gamboa <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Fri, 21 January, 2011 5:18:49 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [governance] From Free Tunisia<br>
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<div>Hi Khaled,</div>
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<div>Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. When I
was a kid, I have experienced the terror brought about
by a dictator toppled by the will and power of its
people. I have been in 3 revolutions in my lifetime in
the Philippines and I would always tell my students here
in the US how important freedom is until you do not have
it anymore. During those times, we did not have the
Internet to help us with our fight against social
injustice. I wonder sometimes what it would have been
like if the Internet was around and we were able to
speak freely without being condemned. People in other
provinces were not even aware of what was going on in
Manila because TV shows were censored. We had no medium
to speak but Filipinos were able to go out in the
streets and prove that freedom cannot be suppressed even
by violent means. That was 25 years ago. But more than
300 years of Spanish colonialization and Spanish
oppression, the Philippines learned, too, that "<em>the
pen is mightier than the sword</em>" - or perhaps, if
another dictator comes along, we can say that the
"Internet is mightier than an uzi." On the other hand,
people in their ivory towers also get "smarter" each day
and I am very much aware that they will also use the
Internet to suppress the very freedom we fought for. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Charity</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:48 AM,
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class="gmail_quote">All,<br>
For those who don't know Tunisia : Tunisia is a Small
country, great nation. First Arab country that
abolished slavery in 1848. First Arab country to
establish a constitution in 1861. First Arab country
to abolish polygamy in 1956. First Arab country to
legalize abortion in 1973. Tunisia is the first Arab
country to kick out its dictator and this without the
help of any foreign nation!<br>
Today Tunisia has reached a critical and important
point in its history after succeeding in its
revolution. President Ben Ali has left the country,
and government has collapsed leaving the country in an
unpredictable situation.<br>
A new “Coalition Government” has been announced
bringing old dissidents and Human Rights activists in
team with a main focus of preparing a democratic
transition.<br>
Friday January 14th 2011, ( <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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) I have been inside the huge protestants in front of
the ministry of Interior and I witnessed brave people
asking clearly their dictator to leave.<br>
Since then Tunisian retrieved their freedom lost many
years and began interesting politics.<br>
Young people went on the street asking for more n and
more social change without being politically coached.<br>
I have witnessed, and have been part, of the strength
of the "real" Tunisian Internet community to use
Internet and Web 2.0 ( Blogs, Video, Facebook,
Twitter, … ) to support the revolution and everyday’s
riots showing to the world what’s happening due to a
lack of official local media coverage.<br>
My life has been different during these days : my
house is in a hot spot; near El Aouina Army Casern and
just between the Airport and the US Embassy. So I took
my wife to her father house, and I stayed alone during
5 days. Everything was different each day; night riots
with fire shooting between protestants and police
during the first 2 days , near helicopter surveillance
between army and snipers belonging to Ben Ali
Presidential militia during the last 3days.<br>
I have never felt the importance of the security
before that. It was the same feeling that had the
Tunisian people which led them to go out and organize
“Population committees” in each city to protect each
city from Ben Ali militia.<br>
Tunisian Internet community is free today and will
show to the world what we are capable to accomplish.<br>
<br>
Vive Internet and thank you Vint and Internet pioneers
to gave us this wonderful tool that helped our
revolution.<br>
<br>
From the free Tunisia<br>
<br>
Khaled Koubaa<br>
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