Toppling Tyrannies through Texts

Who'da thunk it???(Pardon the colloquialism and poor grammar) Smart Mobs really shocked me this time! To think that a government can be transformed through mobile devices is one thing, but to be completely overthrown...unheard of!

I think that this use of technology to mobilize such a massive number of people was so successful because texting had become such a staple in the country. I also believe that they had grown weary enought of the oppression they faced by the Estrada government to make concious efforts to change thier lives.

I think this political anomoly could teach us a lot. I think that it just goes to show how much of an effect people can have when they mobilize for a cause that they truly believe in (or for a war that they oppose ;)) Often times, we feel that the government is to strong, or too large and that we citizens have so little clout that what we probably would not effect much of anything anyway. This is simply not true--just look at the example given us by the Philipine people.




"The world is moving so fast these days that the person who says it can'tbe done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." - Harry Emerson Fosdick