True democracy needs some help from technology. Democracy is about making your arguments heard, also when your arguments differ from mainstream ideas. Or worse, when the media are used for propaganda by ruling groups.
Technology should give backing to people who differ with the official policy. So technology should back up the people who differ with the 'Anti Terrorism policy of the OVSE.
The idea behind the DemoCamp units is to offer relevant technology (= tools) to people who want to make their arguments heard. A crew from Landbouwbelang used the DemoCamp units to do so. People along the route of the OVSE-demonstration, as well as people on television could watch it.
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The message
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Publishing
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Display page # 1
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Broadcasting
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Display page # 2
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For me, working for Demotech, this demonstration offered the opportunity to see and record how the DemoCamp units worked in practice. The crew of Landbouwbelang had no difficulty in assembling the tower. To carry the tower proved to be easy and facile to do by three people.
From the video footage I'll take snapshots to make a manual, available in this website. Demotech's video instructor Erik Holthuis will help to edit the tape to make a video as an other tool to assist instruction.