Seems that downtown Seattle has become a bit of a military zone...
police fired pepper spray and (reportedly) rubber bullets into crowds
of WTO protesters today.
The individual continues to be trampled upon, the business types continue
to just not get it, and the media continues to chase sensation rather
than news.
The parallels between the actions of the WTO and ICANN are many, as are
the reactions on all sides.
it's the lead story on http://www.cnn.com at the moment.
Will it take this level of activism to draw attention to the
injustices being committed by ICANN? At the very least, those
opposing the WTO provide an activist pool from which to draw support
against ICANN's attempts to do on the net what the WTO wants to do in
other commerical sectors.
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Mark C. Langston
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Systems Admin
San Jose, CA
