Mobile Protests
Interesting stuff in a P.J. Corkery column today. A greater blogger than I would insert some witty comments here, but I'm too tired and lazy today.
"Filipinos are also using text messaging to send protests directly to Mrs. Arroyo's cell phones, whose numbers are listed on various Web sites. One of the English-language messages reads in typically text-message language: "Hello Ma'am, Im vs lying n dishonesty. Pls resign." This isn't a tiny protest: The Philippines' 80 million people typically send 180 million text messages daily. The country has 30 million cell phones. …"
"Even the advertising apparatus of the cell phone industry is being adapted in the political war against Arroyo. Placards and posters have shot up around Manila parodying Cingular's name and signature blurry "x" logo. Behind the "x" appears Mrs. Arroyo's face and, where the word "Cingular" would appear in the ads, runs the Tagalog slang "Cinungaling," which means, approximately, "liar." She's in danger of political death by phone. … "
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On a completely unrelated topic, here's a page that shows the phone numbers of a bunch of sports celebrities that the AP Sports Desk accidently published last year. Hmm, I've always wanted to ask Dusty Baker why he didn't pinch-hit for Mark Gardner back in 2000...
Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:19 by Seni Sangrujee (2161 day(s) old)
