When did Seeking only Accord become Democratic!
When did Seeking only Accord become Democratic! Tariku Abas Etenesh Following the death of the late Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, p ictures -both old and new, Photoshop-treated postcards, animated status updates and expressions of condolences had become the common features of the past two weeks on the social media, especially Facebook. The best and the worst in many people have got the chance to spill over and claim attentions in their own right. Nowhere could this mixed display could be seen more vividly that in the electronic and social media. However, after the state burial ceremony of the PM, one more troubling phenomenon threatens to claim attention in the form of a bashing spree in the social media . These bashing tendencies have as their ‘credit’ and ‘excuse’ the supposed good or bad legacies of the late Prime Minister to throw spears of attacks towards others in some easy-to-att...