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What do you do with your Facebook page? Maybe you compare your movie trivia knowledge with friends or post pictures of your weekend trip to the beach?
How about using the social networking site to promote world peace?
That's what a 16-year-old Ithaca, New York, high school student did in an attempt to create the world's largest human peace sign. His accompanying YouTube video was nominated in 2007 for the "Most Inspirational" category by the site.
While taking a break from studying for his final exams, Trevor Dougherty tapped into the power of social networking sites to gather nearly 6,000 people at a local fair who, all at the same moment, would stand together and declare their support for world peace.
People volunteered to capture still images and video of the event and there was significant local media coverage. Even a flyover was arranged to capture video of the crowd formed in the giant peace sign. All the evidence is being sent to Guinness to see if a world record has been set.
"We are the YouTube generation and it's a great way to get the word out," Dougherty said. [Source: BBC News.]
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Subscribe to commentsretro77Jul 1st 2008 7:34PM
Good for him. But posting a response to his video won't stop the killings.
julesJul 2nd 2008 12:47AM
you are correct retro77, considering there are many people around the world who have agendas that will not allow the killing to stop. The cultures in other countries are not the same as in America, and for that matter there are plenty of killings taking place here. Every day an innocent person is killed, and it has little to do with world peace. Frankly, if all those who support peace stand up, or down as the case maybe, there would still be those who would be killing for the sake of killing, the only difference is there would be no one to fight back.
homieJul 3rd 2008 2:02PM
wow...INSPIRATIONAL!! great video, and a good way to tell people about world peace!