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Arunachalam
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:39 PM
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq
Dear Andy and Steve and others on the list:
Telecentres are what we make of them and the activities we bu
Dear Andy and Steve and others on the list:
Telecentres are what we make of them and the activities we build around
them. The women in the villages around Pondicherry in southern India, like
most other women in rural southern India, would rarely come in front of men
from outside their own famili
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
In the case of the powerful drug called a "telecenter," there are times and
communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a
readiness to benefit from it.
And, in the instant case - Iraq - perhaps could you tell us what
mat
At 8:51 AM -0700 5/9/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
>In the case of the powerful drug called a "telecenter," there are times and
>communities when that drug needs to be delayed or avoided until there is a
>readiness to benefit from it.
Somewhat later Mr. John Hibbs asked:
>And, in the instant cas
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Subject: Re: RE: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq
[Dr. Steve Eskow]
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At 1:07 PM -0700 5/7/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
The telecenter that enriches one community that lead to a deepening of
discord and violence in the next one.
Poppycock.
Extremism is the source of the danger. If it is pointed at hospitals
because that is where people gather, should we quit providin
Mark Warschauer wrote:
>> Maybe we should start a 'Blogs for bombs' amnesty program, where
>> people trade bombs for a voice on the internet. While that may sound
>> stupid and perhaps facetious, it's a blind stab at part of the problem -
>> when people feel they must resort to violence, it is usu
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Taran
Rampersad
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 12:37 PM
Cc: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
Subject: Re: [DDN] Digital Divide, Telecentres and Iraq
Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
>Taran Ramersad writes:
>
><they do not believ
Taran Ramersad writes:
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Those who are resorting to violence in Iraq and Israel--and the US--have
been heard, and clearly.
Perhaps it is more accurate to say that when people resort to violence it is
because they are not satisfied with being heard: they want to prevail.
If this is so, we might
At 10:12 AM -0700 5/7/05, Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
Like you, Andy, I am a believer. What I want to keep in mind is John
Gardner's discussion of two kinds of people who create problems for a cause:
"unloving critics" and "uncritical lovers."I want to be a "loving critic."
That's fine. I guess.
What I
Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
>Taran Ramersad writes:
>
>>
>
>Those who are resorting to violence in Iraq and Israel--and the US--have
>been heard, and clearly.
>
>
Have they? By no means do I defend anyone who undertakes a road of
violence (pick a side i
Maybe we should start a 'Blogs for bombs' amnesty program, where
people trade bombs for a voice on the internet. While that may sound
stupid and perhaps facetious, it's a blind stab at part of the problem -
when people feel they must resort to violence, it is usually because
they do not believe tha
Hi Andy,
About Iraq and telecentres you write:
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I, too, hope the current cultural and shooting wars in Iraq would lessen if
telecentres were freely available. However: as realists, don't we have to
look at the possibility that those divides would widen ?
Perhaps the terrors and the terro
In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, when it was certain to some of
us - including a well connected civilian inside the Pentagon - that
war and the aftermath would come, a number of us drafted a memorandum
outlining why 40 foot vans, filled with the necessaries, could do
about as Andy describ
Hello Taran,
You write:
I'm fairly certain that there must be some Iraqi telecenters now,
though. Do we know anything about them?
We in iEARN are installing labs this month in high schools in both
Erbil and Baghdad with satellite connections. Part of the
stipulation of the installation/grant is
Andy Carvin wrote:
> Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
>
>> And it is not clear--to me, at least--that if we had a thousand
>> telecenters
>> in Iraq that the other divides would shrink.
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> If there were 1,000 telecentres in Iraq that did nothing but provide
> people email access and an outl
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