Egyptian Protests

[Mr. Grieves]

Have many have you seen this? Surprised there hasn't been a post on this.

All week there has been massive protests in Cairo. 7 dead so far, 1 being a cop. Over a 1000 people arrested, thousands injured. Cops have no hesitation beating people, firing tear gas, and using rubber bullets. The current Egyptian regime has practically transformed into a dictatorship. The president has banned protests and social media sites like twitter and facebook. This is a country of 80 million people where an estimated 20 million+ people use the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcMZQQPBcHo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12300164

People are disgruntled about everything - about politics, economics, their lives, the state of the country. One could talk about the unemployment, and the poverty, and the corruption. People feel they are being treated with contempt by the government.

But the discontent is also wider than that. Egyptians will tell you that this country needs a dream, a vision. They had a dream under President Nasser, they had a dream under President Sadat, they had a dream under the pharaohs.

In the 30-year rule of President Mubarak, there has been no dream - it's been mundane, it's been about numbers, and even on those numbers, many will say they haven't delivered on simple things like education, sanitation, and so forth. So people are really seeing a government and a country in decline.

Heavy sh*t is going down in Egypt right now.

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

2012 Is Near

[Captain Kirk]

I have heard that things are much worse around the world as a result of all these economic collapse. I just haven't seen it, but between this and a few other things I've come to see, it's true.

[Mr. Grieves]

A sh*tty dictator having power for 30 years has nothing to do with 2012 dude lol.

[zizozain]

A sh*tty dictator having power for 30 years has nothing to do with 2012 dude lol.

and who supported dictatorship regime?

[Nick Young]

that country has been under tyrannical dictatorship and police control for the past 20 years, it's about time the people actually try to do something about it


maybe this will make tickets to sharm cheaper, that's all I can hope for

[Nick Young]

and who supported dictatorship regime?

the retarded egyptian civilian population who voted mubarak in to power in the first place

and then did nothing as he transformed their nation into a police state.


Are hotels in sharm any cheaper yet? Anyone know? that place is LEGIT

the club med at al alamein i wouldnt mind going back to either

[NauruDude]

This is going on in many muslim states. Tunisia started off, then Mauritania, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt (possibly more) are following. I think this signals the end of dictatorship in the Middle East-North Africa and will get democracy to those places.

[NauruDude]

the retarded egyptian civilian population who voted mubarak in to power in the first place

and then did nothing as he transformed their nation into a police state.


Are hotels in sharm any cheaper yet? Anyone know? that place is LEGIT

the club med at al alamein i wouldnt mind going back to either

the people who voted him were 30 years older now. He probably was back then a normal politician. But then he got corrupt. And he cant be ousted out because of the army. But now he is being sent out.

[Hazard]

at 2012. Go Egypt! Take it back baby!

Also protests in Yemen.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/mi...100660857.html

Sweet video of Egypt protests:
http://vimeo.com/19248086
How often do you say "I am ready to die today?" Thats how you know shit is bad.

Fixed, sorry about that.

[NauruDude]

at 2012. Go Egypt! Take it back baby!

Also protests in Yemen.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/mi...100660857.html

Sweet video of Egypt protests:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/mi...100660857.html
How often do you say "I am ready to die today?" Thats how you know shit is bad.

its the same video, both from Yemen, San'a

[Hazard]

Egypt has now shut down power completely.
Relevant

[Captain Kirk]

Egypt has now shut down power completely.
Relevant

Is this for real?

[Hazard]

Is this for real?

Yeah, it is. There was an article about this but it has been taken down.

[DRoseOwnsACamry]

What the HELL is going on down there?

Keep fighting, Egyptian people- fight for your freedom!
[COLOR="Black"]Fu[/COLOR]ck tyranny!