Can Bonnie Change the World?

I can never get enough about how the internet has changed the influence that one person can have in the world.

The first time I remember this happening was right here in the Bay Area. One of the car dealers here in the Bay Area was rude to a few too many Asian customers and suddenly there was an email flying around to everyone as each person sent it to his or her friends and they did the same. In just a few weeks or months it seemed like everyone knew about this specific dealer and the place was blacklisted.

The second time I remember it happening was when this expat in Hong Kong sent a somewhat offensive, but very funny email, about his life in Hong Kong out to a friend using his work email address. That friend sent it to his friend, who sent it to his friend and so on. I got a copy shortly before I read in the news that the expat had been fired.

My friend Bonnie is trying to change one airline in Thailand. Her brother was killed on the flight OG 269 and she wants to know why and has setup an online petition: http://www.investigateudom.com. The petition already has signatures from the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Thailand, Ghana, Canada, Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, China, Spain, Martinique, Israel, Bahrain, Austria, Mauritius, Indonesia, Singapore, Italy, and New Zealand. The number of people who have signed the petition and who have even heard of the problem airline in question One-Two-Go is still very modest, but what if the scale tips and suddenly everyone is telling two friends and so on? There are so many countries involved. Are we on the verge of a major shift in power?

Where will we be 10 years from now?