Media blitz over: Back to the current suck
A concerted media focus, combined with constant international attention by politicians, individuals and various organizations led to the freedom of a British teacher who got in some trouble for letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammed. Interesting how this plight of this person gets instant, constant direct action and the usual slaughter of hundreds of thousands taking place there just inspires people to put on a rock concert.
“Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of expression and research, the personal power that entitles every Arab citizen to feel that he or she is in fact a citizen, and not just a sheep in some great shepherd’s flock.”