Email makes it easy to reach out to a vast number of people with the push of a single button.
People stop reading, and legitimate issues may go unheard. Yet social technologies, such as the internet, indeed have the power to engage a broad cross section of stakeholders and allies in a manner that can affect real and lasting change. The challenge is to recognize the strengths and limitations of each, and make informed decisions about the right tools to get a particular job done. In this case, a young woman seemed very passionate about wanting to act on behalf of other women in Afghanistan whom she believed suffered incredible violations of the most basic human rights. If you have some thoughts on this, perhaps you'll consider posting them as a reply to this message.