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Quote of the month – Jun 09

July 3, 2009

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“140 chars is a novel when you’re being shot at.”

That tweet was retweeted many, many times on June 16 when Twitter, with its 140-character limit, was — and remains — a primary source of information during the brutal crackdown on protesters in Iran. Since then, the repressive theocracy has officially forbidden dissent.

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1 shoreacres July 3, 2009 at 8:10 pm

Nothing to add to that, except a thanks to you for posting it. I’d missed seeing it until now.
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2 ellaella July 4, 2009 at 6:09 am

You’re welcome! I wish I knew who first tweeted it, but Twitter’s search function was no help at all.

Happy Fourth — I’m especially grateful this year for our freedoms.

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