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Let Freedom Ring! Mubarak leaves Cairo!

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Alceste

Alceste

Vagabond
Skwim said:
Didn't realize your mood was so sensitive to the concerns of others. Might want to think about gumping up a bit.
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Lol, I'm not affected. I'm chuffed regardless of the mewling naysayers. This is an important day. I'm more concerned for our Egyptian members. Can't they have a bit of celebration without bumping up against a bunch of cold-eyed cynics? If we're going to be glum about the whole thing they might just go join the street party and stop giving us updates on the atmosphere.
 
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Rakhel

Rakhel

Well-Known Member
Jacksnyte said:
We could take some inspiration from these folks! If we are ever in the position where the majority in the U.S. are not happy with our government, I would hope we would have the guts as a nation to stand up and make that change. Of course events in the last decade or more, such as possibly rigged elections, etc., have shown a large portion of those in the U.S. to be apathetic drones.
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US citizens are not united enough and to politically diverse to even start a coup.
 
Alceste

Alceste

Vagabond
rakhel said:
It's called a "reality check." Something even you, Aleceste, are very happy to throw in peoples' faces.
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Then perhaps there should be another thread called "Egypt reality check" for the voicing of grave concerns. This one's for the ringing of freedom. :D

Whoop whoop.
 
Rakhel

Rakhel

Well-Known Member
I truly hope it doesn't go in the direction I am thinking it will. I truly do hope that one dictator won't be replaced by another. And I do truly hope that democracy reigns in Egypt. It will be a big step forward for the Middle East.
 
Skwim

Skwim

Veteran Member
Alceste said:
Lol, I'm not affected. I'm chuffed regardless of the mewling naysayers. This is an important day.
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So you're taking it upon yourself to speak for others, assuming that concerns over the succession amounts to raining on their parade; their sensitivities being sooo vulnerable.
How sweet of you.
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Alceste

Alceste

Vagabond
Skwim said:
So you're taking it upon yourself to speak for others, assuming that concerns over the succession amounts to raining on their parade; their sensitivities being sooo vulnerable.
How sweet of you.
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If you had the choice to go join an outpouring of jubilation in the teeming streets or sit indoors and listen to the likes of you being snotty, cynical and depressing, which would you choose? I'm still here because the only other thing I could be doing right now is grocery shopping, and because it passes the time between laundry loads. If there was a street party going on, you can bet that's where I'd be.
 
UmmSqueakster

UmmSqueakster

Member
I'm sticking my fingers in my ears and going lalalalala to drown out the naysayers Today we celebrate. Tomorrow, we buckle down and get to work on reconstructing a government.

:woohoo:

Also busy planning my second honeymoon. AbuS and I were married in Cairo in 2003. Our walima (party after the wedding) was ice cream at a small shop off Tahrir Square.

I'm thinking second walima is going to be at the Nile Hilton. People normally request rooms overlooking the Nile, but I'm going to ask for one facing the opposite direction - overlooking Tahrir Square.
 
Alceste

Alceste

Vagabond
Jacksnyte said:
We could take some inspiration from these folks! If we are ever in the position where the majority in the U.S. are not happy with our government, I would hope we would have the guts as a nation to stand up and make that change. Of course events in the last decade or more, such as possibly rigged elections, etc., have shown a large portion of those in the U.S. to be apathetic drones.
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My thoughts are that things need to be permitted to get awfully miserable for ordinary folks before progressive revolutionary unity arises as a consequence. The last time we saw anything like it in N. America was the great depression, and at that time - like in Egypt - there was no social safety net. Western governments are certainly going in that direction again (erosion of social services, increasing gap between rich and poor, widespread corruption, decreasing economic opportunity and occasional election irregularities) but they have a long, long way to go before they get there. I don't anticipate any widespread direct action in the West for a couple decades at least. It needs to become clearer to people that their governments are working exclusively at the behest of obscenely wealthy families and not interested in the well-being of the people. That's the sort of thing people only begin to notice when the government is allowing them to starve to death in the streets while the ruling elites are rolling in money with their friends and families.

I hope things in the West never get that miserable, and I'm happy to let go of my dreams of open revolution in exchange for that outcome.
 
Rainbow Mage

Rainbow Mage

Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Jacksnyte said:
We could take some inspiration from these folks! If we are ever in the position where the majority in the U.S. are not happy with our government, I would hope we would have the guts as a nation to stand up and make that change. Of course events in the last decade or more, such as possibly rigged elections, etc., have shown a large portion of those in the U.S. to be apathetic drones.
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I agree. I can only hope for that
 
EiNsTeiN

EiNsTeiN

Boo-h!
Why would the Egyptians elect Islamist radicals?

We do not have strong radical groups in Egypt that would be effective in strong elections.
 
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