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More coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/11/22/nigeria.missworld/index.html --- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:51:08 -0800 (PST) From: herror <blackmarkets@yahoo.com> Subject: not so smart mobs To: doctorow@craphound.com, declan@well.com Cory, Declan, The Miss World Riots- "smart" mob inspired? Stupid, murderous mobs can use tech too. From http://allafrica.com/stories/200211220347.html >Ironically, the blasphemous story published against the prophet has >tended to unite the nation's muslims who have not only been unanimous >in their condemnation of the story, but have also been sending >solidarity text messages on their GSM phones to alert one another on >the blasphemy since last Sunday. > >AbdulHameed Daramola, a Lagos Muslim told Weekly Trust that he alone >alerted over seventy Muslims across the country about the blasphemy >through text messages on his GSM since last Sunday when he became aware >of the issue. Also check out the groveling apoplogy from the Newspaper that "blasphemed". They're using "the computer did it" defense in their desperation. http://www.thisdayonline.com/news/20021122rec01.html >The supervising editor made an attempt to remove the offensive portion >during the editing process. But we must say that this time, technology >failed us, and gravely too > >...We have learnt that we cannot always rely on technology, and that we >have to do more to improve our processes so we can continue to pursue >the path of truth and reason. Ours is a public trust. We do not, and >will not take our responsibility for granted. > >May the Almighty Allah, the God of infinite wisdom, continue to guide >us aright. Ma-Assalam, and Ramadan Kareem. best, tom brennan phila pa http://agendabender.blogspot.com/ ===== "Blackmarkets for a Blue Century" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------