Carole Samdup, a member of the Canada Tibet Committee, notes that without the Net, it would have been much more difficult for activists to organize the first ever pro-Tibet demonstration in China at last year's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. After all, the medium was founded on the principle of decentralized coordination. And the only way to harness its power is to let it continue to be one. Otherwise, you've destroyed that which made you strong. The Web as facilitator, rather than evangelist - now there's a meme worth spreading.
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