It brings a lark to your hand

The internet is a tool for many things. Tonight, it’s a way for information to make it into and out of Iran.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/opinion/21tehran.html

Youtube is what television will never be – anyone can be its editor, so long as those with the servers choose not to edit. A new generation of people who choose to look will see a protesting civilian bleed out as their friends try in vain to plug a hole that’s far too deep to plug.

The protest in Iran seems too disjoint to evolve into a full-bore revolution – Moussavi doesn’t appear to have planned such a spirited response. He is as caught up in events as his followers. I can only hope that the status quo of non-violent resistance remains intact – the loose collaboration of protesters should preserve that for another couple of days. There is a time for violent resistance, it arrives at about the time that police start shooting unarmed civilians, but once that door is opened, it’s not easily closed. It is so much harder to shoot a neighbor than a rebel.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2009/06/the_chemistry_of_revolution.cfm?source=hptextfeature

May the Iranians exit this conflict with a government that represents them and as many of their friends, family, and neighbors as possible.

My thoughts tonight dwell in the desert.