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Egypt
2011-01-28, 8:52 AM #1
Looks like there is trouble brewing in Egypt.

www.latimes.com

Apparently thousands are rioting and protesting in Cairo and Alexandria. Tanks are being used to augment police forces. And Members of the presidents(?) family have fled to Europe.
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2011-01-28, 8:58 AM #2
They've turned off the internet and mobile phone networks there to apparently to stop people being able to get organised, heh now they're stuck with bored, frustrated and angry people.
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2011-01-28, 9:03 AM #3
Now I'll never get to see the sphinx
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2011-01-28, 9:04 AM #4
Basically what Ni said. How would you feel if the internet was turned off by the government where you live?
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2011-01-28, 9:07 AM #5
Happy?
nope.
2011-01-28, 9:20 AM #6
Originally posted by Baconfish:
Happy?


You know, if you don't want the internet, you don't have to get it.
2011-01-28, 9:21 AM #7
It was a matter of time. Egypt is dictatorship with an abysmal human rights record. The West has turned a blind eye to those abuses in exchange for being a strong ally in a mostly hostile region.
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2011-01-28, 9:29 AM #8
Not just turned a blind eye, sent aid to the tune of several billion annually(from the US at least)

:carl:
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2011-01-28, 10:58 AM #9
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
You know, if you don't want the internet, you don't have to get it.

But why wouldn't anyone when it has so many uses!? I use mine to check my GPS!
nope.
2011-01-28, 11:08 AM #10
Sounds like they could solve a lot of things with a few games of children's card games.

I wonder if Sine is still there.
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2011-01-28, 11:18 AM #11
I believe he's living in the US again.
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2011-01-28, 12:12 PM #12
VIVA LA REVOLUCION n **** guys
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2011-01-28, 2:07 PM #13
Originally posted by Ni:
They've turned off the internet and mobile phone networks there to apparently to stop people being able to get organised, heh now they're stuck with bored, frustrated and angry people.


Yeah, when the members of a popular uprising are young, working-age and technologically literate it's pretty much time to give up and flee the country.
2011-01-29, 4:51 PM #14
Mubarak's created the position of VP and shuffled in a new prime minister all from his pool of cronies. How exactly did he expect that to placate anyone?
2011-01-29, 5:10 PM #15
"We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian, whether you're a Muslim , whether you're an atheist, you will demand you goddamn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or the other! We will never be silenced!"
2011-01-29, 5:33 PM #16
Originally posted by Recusant:
Mubarak's created the position of VP and shuffled in a new prime minister all from his pool of cronies. How exactly did he expect that to placate anyone?


Obviously his [not]low[enough] budget political adviser probably told him it was a good idea.
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2011-01-29, 6:01 PM #17
Originally posted by Tibby:
"We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian, whether you're a Muslim , whether you're an atheist, you will demand you goddamn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or the other! We will never be silenced!"


Hell yeah man. My prayers are with these people.

When I saw that video, it reminded me alot of this.
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2011-01-29, 7:45 PM #18
This is the sort of passion we used to have.
2011-01-29, 11:10 PM #19
It will be interesting to see how this plays out with respect to the United States' relationship with the Egyptian government. Whatever the case, it's a beautiful thing when people rise up, violently or not, against a government that they believe is failing them. Particularly consequential (from what I see at least) is that the military seems to be starting to side with the people. I won't say I hope for "peace" because I believe that is unrealistic and that bloodshed can be easily justified by the need for change. I do hope that in the end, the general populace will get what they need and not something worse than what they had.
2011-01-30, 1:43 AM #20
VIVA LA REVOLUTION! MY FRIENDS!
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2011-01-31, 8:41 AM #21
Originally posted by Tibby:
"We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian, whether you're a Muslim , whether you're an atheist, you will demand you goddamn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or the other! We will never be silenced!"


Wow, a single bearded guy shouting at a camera just gave me a glimmer of hope for the middle east. That is awesome!
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2011-01-31, 12:47 PM #22
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
2011-01-31, 7:17 PM #23
Surprise surprise, most people most places are reasonable.
2011-01-31, 11:03 PM #24
So even Fox News is on the anti-Mubarak bandwagon. This cover story title, "As opposition groups plan a million-person march, Egypt's military promises not to fire on peaceful demonstrations — a sign army support for President Mubarak may be unraveling", implies that if Egypt's military might fire on peaceful protesters, that would be a sign they support Mubarak. I'm skeptical that a relatively pro-western, Israel friendly, and Christian friendly moderate muslim is so much worse than what this "pro-democracy" movement will result in. Time will tell.
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2011-01-31, 11:48 PM #25
I thought Fox was doing a hatchet job early on.
2011-02-01, 5:30 AM #26
This is a great example of what can be achieved with (largely) peaceful protest, a collective desire to change government, good luck to them.
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2011-02-01, 5:40 AM #27
EGYPTIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN.

JOB WELL DONE.

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2011-02-01, 6:53 AM #28
Originally posted by Tibby:
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.


I'm actually not being sarcastic for once lol.
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2011-02-01, 7:20 AM #29
Originally posted by Commander 598:
Obviously his [not]low[enough] budget political adviser probably told him it was a good idea.


Your use of brackets makes me :psyduck:
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2011-02-01, 12:43 PM #30
A million of them marched in Cairo today, Mubarak is a gigantic out of touch idiot if he thinks he can hold on to power.
2011-02-04, 2:00 PM #31
Did anyone else see this? It's horrifying.

nope.
2011-02-04, 2:29 PM #32
I love idiot YouTube comments "OMG THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION". Yes, because saving your own life or whoever is with you, that's not a justification.
2011-02-04, 4:18 PM #33
wow that was disturbing
2011-02-04, 8:41 PM #34
How likely is this scenario?

The revolution is successful and a government is installed that is very resentful and downright belligerent to America/West. This in turn fuels the rest of the Middle-East in a mass outcry against the United States/West. Oil supplies are cut off to everyone possibly except China. This sends oil prices skyrocketing and plunges Western economies into a tailspin.

Feasible? Stretch? or Downright asinine?
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2011-02-04, 8:59 PM #35
I don't think many of those countries could even afford to cut us off. It's their primary and only real export.
2011-02-04, 10:59 PM #36

Have a documentry.
2011-02-05, 5:21 AM #37
Quote:
I don't think many of those countries could even afford to cut us off. It's their primary and only real export.
China and India will buy it all. They can destroy us at their leisure.
2011-02-05, 10:15 AM #38
Dalf's scenario leaves one very important portion out. If a regime change in Egypt results in a fundamentalist state that resents western culture, it will in turn mean that it is also a fundamentalist state that does not recognize Israel. Should that happen, I don't think any of us is even remotely familiar with the bloodshed that will occur.
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2011-02-05, 10:17 AM #39
Ooooh I didn't think about that.
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2011-02-05, 10:26 AM #40
Heh Israel already kicked Egypt's ass once, I'm sure they'll have no qualms in doing it again.
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