The revolution in Egypt is part of a larger trend

[Chris]

One of the least understood aspects of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions has been the role that the internet played in them. These revolutions were organized using Facebook and Twitter, and one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution was a Google executive. All of this has been widely reported.

What has not been talked about, and what I think is even more significant is how the internet has democratized information and communication for the common man. Nothing can be hidden anymore. Governments can't lie without being exposed in some way over the internet. There are so many sources on the internet, that information cannot be suppressed as easily as before. The internet is changing the world's political systems, making them more democratic. And this will continue...

 

[Nosmo King]

One of the least understood aspects of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions has been the role that the internet played in them. These revolutions were organized using Facebook and Twitter, and one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution was a Google executive. All of this has been widely reported.

What has not been talked about, and what I think is even more significant is how the internet has democratized information and communication for the common man. Nothing can be hidden anymore. Governments can't lie without being exposed in some way over the internet. There are so many sources on the internet, that information cannot be suppressed as easily as before. The internet is changing the world's political systems, making them more democratic. And this will continue...

Tyrannical kings tried to suppress Gutenberg and the rise of literacy. Telegraphers spread the news of secession in the south in 1861. It has been posited that Western television spurred Lech Walensa and Solidarity.

The faster and freer information is to the masses, the faster real democratization will come. Give the Afghanis Facebook pages and watch how fast they get the ides.

This is why the freedom of speech is the first freedom guaranteed in our constitution. The more speech, the freer the people.

 

[Ozmar]

They had to. They were fighting off American Right Wingers who wanted to "free them". Too bad they lost.

You're a fucking idiot.

The truth often seems idiotic to the psychotic right.

Houzan Mahmoud: Do Iraq's Women Miss Saddam?

While the fall of Saddam Hussein has led to many overall improvements in personal freedoms and civil rights, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and subsequent courtship of socially conservative Islamic political groups has created quite a different picture for women.

Women no longer have many of the civil rights they were afforded under Saddam Hussein's regime. Sharia law has been written into Iraq's constitution, women have been barred from certain aspects of public life in many parts of the country, women's freedom of movement has been severely curtailed, sex trafficking, prostitution, abductions and assassinations of women have all risen and women in government no longer get a year of maternity leave - that has been cut to six months.

"In general women were living much better off under Saddam," Yanar Mohammed, a women's rights advocate with the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq told The Media Line. "The Iraq that I grew up in was a very modern Iraq and we had basic human rights."

I'm not particularly right wing...

 

[P F Tinmore]

They had to. They were fighting off American Right Wingers who wanted to "free them". Too bad they lost.

You're a fucking idiot.

The truth often seems idiotic to the psychotic right.

Houzan Mahmoud: Do Iraq's Women Miss Saddam?

While the fall of Saddam Hussein has led to many overall improvements in personal freedoms and civil rights, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and subsequent courtship of socially conservative Islamic political groups has created quite a different picture for women.

Women no longer have many of the civil rights they were afforded under Saddam Hussein's regime. Sharia law has been written into Iraq's constitution, women have been barred from certain aspects of public life in many parts of the country, women's freedom of movement has been severely curtailed, sex trafficking, prostitution, abductions and assassinations of women have all risen and women in government no longer get a year of maternity leave - that has been cut to six months.

"In general women were living much better off under Saddam," Yanar Mohammed, a women's rights advocate with the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq told The Media Line. "The Iraq that I grew up in was a very modern Iraq and we had basic human rights."

Yanar Mohammed is an interesting woman.

Yanar Interview 2002



Yanar Mohammed 2007

 

[DiveCon]

And just think, the Egyptian revolution did not cost us a trillion dollars or the life of one American soldier.

This must be some new idiotic ad hominum meme to undermine The War of Iraqi Liberation.

The war of Iraqi Liberation:

The new Constitution of Iraq:

Article 2:

First: Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation:

A. No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established.

Iraqi women used to dress like this:

really???

Laila Ali is Iraqi?

since when?

Laila Ali

 

[DiveCon]

Iraqi women used to dress like this:

They all carried a boxing glove around with them?

that's Laila Ali
the daughter of Muhamed Ali
and also a pro boxer like her dad

 

[Samson]

Iraqi women used to dress like this:

They all carried a boxing glove around with them?

that's Laila Ali
the daughter of Muhamed Ali
and also a pro boxer like her dad

Sorry.

rdean has already convinced me that while Saddam ruled Iraq, all Iraqi chicks wore high heels, cocktail dresses, and carried boxing gloves.

The guy's a fucking genius.

 

[Martin35]

Democracy is not the common denominator poverty is,,, poverty starts most revolutions,,, it was i believe the underlying cause in Egypt,,, promises made,, promises not kept,,, reports are of 40% unemployment in Egypt,,, inflation in markets that government cannot control with subsidies,,, many Egyptians are just plain ol' hungry,,, that's a torture few will tolerate.

 

[Intense]

One of the least understood aspects of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions has been the role that the internet played in them. These revolutions were organized using Facebook and Twitter, and one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution was a Google executive. All of this has been widely reported.

What has not been talked about, and what I think is even more significant is how the internet has democratized information and communication for the common man. Nothing can be hidden anymore. Governments can't lie without being exposed in some way over the internet. There are so many sources on the internet, that information cannot be suppressed as easily as before. The internet is changing the world's political systems, making them more democratic. And this will continue...

Agreed. Much preferred to what went down in Iraq.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dems pining openly for Uncle Saddam, gotta love it

 

[Chris]

Dems pining openly for Uncle Saddam, gotta love it

Sounds more like you are.

And we continue to support dictators who are every bit as bad as Saddam.

It is time we stopped.

 

[DiveCon]

Dems pining openly for Uncle Saddam, gotta love it

Sounds more like you are.

And we continue to support dictators who are every bit as bad as Saddam.

It is time we stopped.

chris and his projections again