Throwing Virtual Tea?

I was just reading an article on Read Write Web about a virtual protest in Turkey. The article discusses a movement in Turkey against political censorship on the internet. I sympathize with the Turkish people and like the idea but I'm afraid it has a few flaws.

First the Good:
An online protest is a neat way for people all around the world to show solidarity with the Turkish people and the quest to end oppression in their country. It is oppression that thee Turks are struggling against. The people of Turkey are fighting against for their rights; not the right to watch a little person kick himself in the head but the right to voice political dissent and know that others feel the same. Just imagine what enterprising young Turks could do with unlimited access to the internet and some good ole journalistic spirit.
In the last year we have seen the importance of an alternative media in this country. A few years ago a blog that no one had heard of came out of nowhere and ended Dan Rather's 24 year tenure behind the CBS Evening News desk. Perhaps the most vivid example (Graphic Content) of the power of social media is the events after the "election" in Iran.

The Not So Good:
The thing that made the Iranian video so powerful is the same thing that makes the Turkish protest um, well, not so powerful. In Iran people were in the streets fighting for what they though was right, in Turkey people are on their moms couch whining about not seeing the head-kick video. Iran: people literally dying in the street, Turkey: men with no pants on weighing the possibilities of internet dating while "protesting."

OK, maybe I'm exaggerating the Turks' position a bit but you get the idea. There is no substitute for crowds marching on the capital, people in the streets. The use of the internet to organize a real march is a great idea. The use of an internet to stage a virtual protest not so much.