Protesting, and the power of the media.

[trampie09]

It's not significant as I'm not a social media barometer, although it is truly lovely of you to think that. Thank you.

People that rely on the main stream media are easily manipulated by the main stream media.

[lardy]

People that rely on the main stream media are easily manipulated by the main stream media.

Why do you think it's significant that I hadn't heard of this particular story? There is a lot of stuff on social media. It would be pretty impossible to be on top of everything. I don't really follow the type of person who would retweet a video of a guy getting stabbed, and if I did I wouldn't watch it.

Anyway this story is now safely in the public domain, thanks to both social media (and your own good work) and the old school newspaper - even at the risk of starting a race war. I'm sure before long we will all be in agreement that Ireland has the worst violence.