A stunning show of non-violence by the Georgians
Georgian laser show taunts Russia
I have been reading over the last few weeks about Mikhail Sakashvili's attempts to reunify ethnically diverse Georgia and his clashes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. (More to be said on this later). However, the Georgian people never cease to surprise me with their resolve and creativity to fight the Russians. First with the Velvet Revolution and taking out the bureaucratic but experienced Shervarnadze without bloodshed and now their attack on the Russians, quite literally with tanks, but only with playful digital images. It is by far the best display of non-violence to make a point and improve international relations through a grassroots based advocacy effort. The overly qualified, underpaid computer gurus of Georgia with perhaps too much time on their hand and a healthy sense of rebellion and dislike towards the Russians have written computer simulated programs attacking the Russian embassy with techno music, disco lights and sounds of warfare. It is apparently driving the entire embassy loony. Not surprisingly so in the heat of Tbilisi in August. I think the Georgians should start doing international workshops to the technical geniuses of the world to protest and practice civil disobedience. Unfortunately, like always, Georgia seems to be the exception to the rule with avoiding violence and the model may be hard to implement but it sure did get a fair amount of giggles from me. Bravi Cartoli!
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