http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jan/26/egypt-protests
http://www.facebook.com/elshaheeed.co.uk
Violent protests, the military might be taking action tomorrow... this stuff is pretty crazy
EDIT: this too: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/jan/26/egypt-violence-jack-shenker-arrest-audio
^ A guardian reporter that got captured by the Egyptian police and beaten and shoved into a truck interviews the people with him
and you mean american army?
no egyptian
Mubarak is backed by the US. They are going to be acting on civilians with military equipment the US helped pay for.
Whoa. Maybe 4 white cops got acquitted of beating Rodney Aranababasatanifu.
Oh, I thought america was gonna intervene or something like that
these protest look pretty violent. hope this dosnt last long
Quote from: Vuvuzela;1804597Oh, I thought america was gonna intervene or something like that
these protest look pretty violent. hope this dosnt last long
The US is not literally the world police. Did you even read the article or are you commenting based on just looking at a few pictures of Egypt?
These protests are something a portion of the citizens felt were necessary to bring about change in their government. It should last as long as it needs to.
Quote from: ButtplugClock;1804598The US is not literally the world police. Did you even read the article or are you commenting based on just looking at a few pictures of Egypt?
These protests are something a portion of the citizens felt were necessary to bring about change in their government. It should last as long as it needs to.
I never thought US was a world police. I posted this before reading any of the articles
Damn I can't believe I haven't been hearing about this, apparently the Tunisian protests that inspired the Egypt ones are still going on and have sparked some protests in Yemen. Seems like people are really starting to fight back against these US regimes.
Fuck Egypt, America has enough problems.
how can your voice be that nice sounding and normal sounding after a severe beating. doesnt make sense
Quote from: Vuvuzela;1804599I never thought US was a world police. I posted this before reading any of the articles
and why would you do that?
Quote from: PatriotClock;1804630and why would you do that?
i was on a phone
Violence in the middle east? Well now I've seen everything
And now they've done it. Egypt does not have internet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/egypt-internet-goes-down-_n_815156.html
Quote from: TequilaClock;1804696And now they've done it. Egypt does not have internet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/egypt-internet-goes-down-_n_815156.html
I wonder if/when the world will have internet communications that don't just depend on ISPs
Quote from: ButtplugClock;1804711I wonder if/when the world will have internet communications that don't just depend on ISPs
That would require it being nationalized, and that doesn't seem like a good idea to me
Quote from: Thor;1804717That would require it being nationalized, and that doesn't seem like a good idea to me
I agree, I wasn't thinking of something like that though. I mean a totally free internet that no one could ever really 'shut down'.
I'm probably just dreaming, also derailing the thread.
Quote from: ButtplugClock;1804718I agree, I wasn't thinking of something like that though. I mean a totally free internet that no one could ever really 'shut down'.
The simple fact is that SOMEBODY has to maintain the internet infrastructure. Either it's going to be companies or the government. I don't see any other option.
Apparently, some rioters broke into Cairo's Egyptian Museum and fucked a bunch of shit up. Two mummies were beheaded.
Major bummer.
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Looks like they need to smoke a few doobies, fix em up.
Quote from: Kombucha;1805225Apparently, some rioters broke into Cairo's Egyptian Museum and fucked a bunch of shit up. Two mummies were beheaded.
Major bummer.
That seriously sucks
on the other hand though, beheading ancient nobles sends a clear message to Mubarak
Quote from: RibsClock;1805277Seriously the middle east's habit of desecrating corpses and destroying their own rich history really invokes the worst kinds of sighs and facepalming in me.
It's not just about your shitty little rebellion, guys.
human rights or artifacts?
Quote from: Satellite;1805280human rights or artifacts?
Breaking into the museum and destroying stuff in it is unnecessary in securing human rights.
Well yeah, but in any protest there's gonna be people going crazy, especially when the internets and cell phones are shut down and organizing becomes difficult
Oh boy, and my parents choose to go to Egypt for their vacation. Fun stuff.
Quote from: RibsClock;1805277Seriously the middle east's habit of desecrating corpses and destroying their own rich history really invokes the worst kinds of sighs and facepalming in me.
It's not just about your shitty little rebellion, guys.
Not trying to justify their actions, but if you were poor as fuck, living off two dollars a day, you'd probably have few qualms about busting up a mummy for any gold it might be wearing.
I'd fuck that mummy up anyways, and call it a preemptive strike. :salute:
Have you guys seen how dangerous they can be?
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I hear they're pretty fond of cursing people.
isnt egypt the place with the pyramids? Shouln't they be building other cool shapes instead of beating each other
Oh snap!
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Quote from: RibsClock;1805860the sound of it hitting them was particularly awful
I almost thought it was added in or something. It almost sounds cartoonish...
yikes.
Eh, I'm still in the fence regarding this. Mubarak was a dictator and the people are wary of him, but I don't know if this potential new government would be better or worse for the people, and the US.
Though, there are a couple of factors that won't make Egypt like say, another Iran, but I'm still holding my breath.
Mubarak is: Flugencio Batista 2 - Electric Boogaloo!
Quote from: RibsClock;1806332Am I the only American in the world that isn't thinking "well...how will this effect America?"
came here to post "who else loves how US media makes the demonstrations about Obama, Islam, and Facebook?"
There are reasons that the news is in the "How does it affect you" format. It engages the self-interested viewer to keep watching and it doesn't anger the watcher by pointing out that the situation is in its core an issue of the Egyptian people's self-determination and free will, something we American's have so much of because we suppress others' like the Egyptians.
This is an Egyptian issue, and we are the antagonist. People don't like that.
Quote from: RibsClock;1806332Am I the only American in the world that isn't thinking "well...how will this effect America?"
If it affects Israel then it affects America.
For stabillity on the internation plane they should totally put Ramses II back in power.
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Quote from: RibsClock;1806332Am I the only American in the world that isn't thinking "well...how will this effect America?"
nope
Quote from: RibsClock;1806332Am I the only American in the world that isn't thinking "well...how will this effect America?"
Conservatives will go ape shit and conspire against another "potential islamic threat to America and Israel", but everybody knows that's not going to happen.