It is a fact, though, that the recuring riots in the free countries follow the same pattern - the hopelessness of poverty and discrimination, oppression and racism by authorities including but not limited to the police create an atmosphere of hatred which, sparked by an incident - a beating, a shooting - and days of rioting with the destruction of property in general, but in particular, symbols of authority and state power.
When this happens in London, Los Angeles, Paris - it is condemned. When it happens in Tunis, Cairo, Bahrain - it is Arab Spring and the bud of democracy. They are not to be compared.
The fact is though, that they are of the same sort - albeit far apart on a scale - the mechanism is the same, an atmosphere of hatred, sparked by some incident, explodes.
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Well, this is weird. I joined DropBox to store some of my new mixes, and I got an email from them saying I "accepted your referral." How did I do that?
Anyway, how's it going?
The jpwraven at gmail address still works.
Lots to share, hope you're okay.
To begin, you could go to www.jameswinningham.com
That's the site for the new release on 11/11/11.
James
Well, James, that's because I invited you a long time ago (a year?!) - it means I get more storage. You can do the same - be careful with sharing folders - it's great for backup on several computers - but it means that the folders are automatically shared on all computers AND synched - so if I move or delete something it is also deleted on all computers including the web DB - will get back at you later - chuck
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