Shit's going down in Egypt

[AmberArachnidClock]

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

[VuBawlsClock]

and you mean american army?

[AmberArachnidClock]

no egyptian

[buttplug]

Mubarak is backed by the US. They are going to be acting on civilians with military equipment the US helped pay for.

[pop-tart]

Whoa. Maybe 4 white cops got acquitted of beating Rodney Aranababasatanifu.

[VuBawlsClock]

Oh, I thought america was gonna intervene or something like that
these protest look pretty violent. hope this dosnt last long

[buttplug]

Oh, 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.

[VuBawlsClock]

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.

I never thought  US was a world police. I posted this before reading any of the articles

[AmberArachnidClock]

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.

[AbsintheClock]

Fuck Egypt, America has enough problems.

[AstronautClock]

how can your voice be that nice sounding and normal sounding after a severe beating. doesnt make sense

[patriotclock]

I never thought  US was a world police. I posted this before reading any of the articles

and why would you do that?

[VuBawlsClock]

and why would you do that?

i was on a phone

[Thor]

Violence in the middle east? Well now I've seen everything

[TequilaClock]

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

[buttplug]

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

I wonder if/when the world will have internet communications that don't just depend on ISPs

[Thor]

I 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

[buttplug]

That 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.

[Thor]

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'.

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.

[Kombucha]

Apparently, some rioters broke into Cairo's Egyptian Museum and fucked a bunch of shit up. Two mummies were beheaded.

Major bummer.