"They're hanging men and women for the wearin' of the green" goes the old song.
There was a time when it was against British law for an Irishman to pin a clump of shamrock, to wear the green, on St. Paddy's Day. A sign of rebellion, after the Famine, a sign of dissension and deep-seated anger that threatened to spill over. And spill over it did, in 1916.
I got little or no writing done over the weekend, so engrossed was I in the Twitter world.
The student uprising in Iran is playing out in 140 word snippets and cell phone camera photographs.
There's a call going out via the World Wide Web, asking everyone to wear green today as a show support for the embattled people who are desperate for a little breath of freedom.
Green is the symbol of the Iranian opposition, as once it was the symbol of Ireland's quest for liberty.
If you notice more green apparel than usual today, you are seeing the power of Twitter to inspire and organize. You can check it out yourself at Twitter by searching #IranElection.
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