Thursday, March 03, 2011

Al-Jazeerah at TED

A fascinating and moving talk from a report who was there, more than once.

He makes a wonderful statement about nine minutes in. He says the oppressive governments "had lost the power to deceive."  What a great summation of the core nature of the State.

The other inspiring moment for me was at the end where he talks about how it's the young people in these countries who are leading the way, who have more wisdom than the old people. That does this old radical's heart much good, to see someone ... anyone ... anywhere ... doing what we failed to do. Bring real change.