um, isn't that exactly what a movement is? Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Movement –noun : a diffusely organized or heterogeneous group of people or organizations tending toward or favoring a generalized common goal: the antislavery movement; the realistic movement in art. Ms. Roy is as much a spokesperson for the WSF as, say, Mandira Bedi is for Indian cricket. Am unable to comprehend why you choose to equate the WSF with Ms. Roy who is, at best, one of 100,000 delegates at 1 of about 10 WSF events held over the past 6 years. I was at that event. I do not recall Ms. Roy doing anything that might be construed as either, hijacking the event, or being a publicity hog. On 11/24/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Udhay Shankar N [24/11/06 11:21 +0530]: > >It is not clear to me that the WSF is a "movement". A patchwork of It fondly imagines itself to be one, like civil society fondly imagines that it exists. Amorphous collection of movements, united by vaguely nebulous concepts that they imagine they share (anti americanism for one) And allowing publicity hounds with the sort of IQ an amoeba would consider mildly cretinous (like Mlle Roy) to hijack whatever little agenda tries to rise above all the rhetoric doesn't help any.
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