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Hello.
I thought of talking about some important issues and
thought of posting this video.
Many political struggles are talking place around the world recently
Many of these are taking the form of Internet activism
They are using Internet as a medium to conduct these activities
If we see what's important in these,
the recent revolution in Tunisia,
and the current Egypt uprising against the government,
had Internet at their start.
Now, if we see what's happening in Tamil Internet,
there are some thoughts on the issues of Tamil fishermen
spread through the Internet
But we should see and important fact in all these incidents
When it comes to Internet Activism
or Cyber Activism, it can be seen as two fold.
First, against the issues within the Internet
against a particular service or a service provider
by boycotting it
or writing about it on the Internet
and trying to bring a change in it.
As these are issues within the Internet
it’s possible to get the solution also within.
But when it is a common issue
or a normal political issues that we are talking on the Internet
the way of these activities need a change.
When a problem like this comes,
such as a political issue,
it can have it's beginning in the Internet,
but it's end needs to be out
in the real world
Thus all these Internet activism and cyber activism
need to move to the real world at some point.
If we take the Tamil context
or the Tamil Internet, we can see it in two fold
First, in the Sri Lankan Tamil issues,
there are many activities carries out through the Internet recently
But all these activities and talks
should progress to a stage beyond just talks.
The same is with the Indian Tamil Nadu fishermen issues
Its similar
Though Internet, blogs, Twitter, Facebook,
can be seen as the start of this
But when it needs to move to a victory
or gaining the expected outcomes
at some stage
it should be moved to the real world
It should not be just talking on the Internet
They should be ready to hit the roads
Like what happened in Tunisia Like what happened in Egypt
Even though the activities are organized through the Internet
They should move to real world activities at some point
These are my observation about Internet activism or Cyber activism
See you later. Thank you.