the real value of the Time person of the year award is in retrospect. so many of the choices have been evil  people or non-acheivers getting the awardis like the kiss of death. And this one is shaping up to repeat thier pitiful record. The 'protestor' this year has achevied regime change in two arab countries. Trouble is Egypt replaced one dictaor with a military rule that may never end. Libya has virtually no govt and of course the 'protestor' has acheived the deaths of thousands in Syria.

and the 'occupy' protests have set new records in non-acheievment. they have not a single solitary plan in place other than to sit in tents having sex and killing each other.

Yep,  a PERFECT chocie in keeping withthe truly abysmal chocies of the past.

Long live people with the tenacity to protest against injustices. Some have given the ultimate sacrifice for their cause, but nothing was ever gained by inaction. These are the true warriors who are not afraid to speak out when something is not right.


Colossal change

“They dissented; they demanded; they did not despair, even when the answers came back in a cloud of tear gas or a hail of bullets. They literally embodied the idea that individual action can bring collective, colossal change,” he said.

The Time award, which is purely honorary and dates back to 1927, noted that while the first and most dramatic protests took place in Muslim countries, they inspired demonstrators across the world.

Popular backlashes against economic turmoil and corruption among elites sparked months of large-scale demonstrations in Spain, Greece, Israel and other countries.

In September, the Occupy Wall Street movement began in New York, quickly spreading to other US cities, while new Russia is seeing rare protests by large crowds against election rigging.

Gaining legitimacy

A protester at the OccupyDC camp in Washington, Kelly Canavan, said the Time magazine honor was “very exciting.”

“It’s inspirational. It shows people are paying attention to us, which is what we’re hoping for,” Canavan told Agence France-Presse.

“Given how many occupations and how many mass movements there are… (this) demonstrates that we’re gaining a lot of legitimacy,” he added.

“Loathing and anger at governments and their cronies became uncontainable and fed on itself,” said Time’s cover article.

“The stakes are very different in different places. In North America and most of Europe, there are no dictators, and dissidents don’t get tortured,” the article said.

“Any day that Tunisians, Egyptians or Syrians occupy streets and squares, they know that some of them might be beaten or shot, not just pepper-sprayed or flex-cuffed,” it added.

Time magazine, featuring a cover photo of a female Arab protester, goes on the newsstands on Friday.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/20931/the-protester-is-time-magazines-person-of...

longweekend58 wrote on Dec 16^th, 2011 at 4:48pm:



Obama must be listening to them. He's getting all set up for an invasion from within.

corporate_whitey wrote on Dec 15^th, 2011 at 6:32pm:


Your most endearing feature is your mortality.