Rock the Casbah: Arab-World Revolutions

[Cyan D. Funk]

All I know is that Ben Qaboos is the most fashionable motherfucker this side of Prince.

[Monkey King]

Oman is just so damn chill.
You can tell because unlike those headwraps that get tied on heads tightly in the other Arab countries, they just wear these colorful turbans.

They're the Vermont of Arabia.

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Rest of Arab World: DEATH TO ISRAEL
Oman: Israel, braw, you gotta try this yogurt granola mix me and the wife made from just stuff in the garden, maybe it'll make you like..chillax a bit on the palestianian thing? I mean not cool braw. Not very cool at all. DEFINITELY gonna suggest relaxing to some Byrds and Buffalo Spring man. Like, major time to rethink things, y'know? Be cool man.

[Cyan D. Funk]

Spot the decent human being!

[Monkey King]

Why is that, Yemen being BY FAR the shittiest, poorest, most backwards, and rural Arab country, it was at the start of the year the only one whose president just kind of looked like a mexican lawyer instead of an exotic sultan or bond villain.

[Cyan D. Funk]

Assad reminds me of an ostrich

[Monkey King]

Assad looks like a Dick Tracy villain lol.

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Giraffehead is the boss around here see???

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BAHAHAHAHAHA
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/pete...b_1027468.html
DIS FUCKIN ARTICLE
ITS SO BBAAAADDD

What kind of clown thinks the modern west was built off peaceful reforms lolllll,
"hurr durr, me no read 19th century european history, me no heard of world wars"
This man literally lives in a fantasy world.
And the fact that he bases his whole article on comparing the AWFUL VIOLENT arab spring to this imagined Western History makes everything he says worthless ahahahaha.

God! Even fucking Switzerland had a civil war in the process of becoming the modern state it is!!!

[Ubiq]

Dick Tracy: Why'd you do it, Giraffehead? Why'd you kill those protestors?

Giraffehead picks up a blackboard and begins writing. After a minute and a half, Dick gets bored with waiting and shoots him in the face.

[ChesCa]

Why is that, Yemen being BY FAR the shittiest, poorest, most backwards, and rural Arab country, it was at the start of the year the only one whose president just kind of looked like a mexican lawyer instead of an exotic sultan or bond villain.

Judging by the way you state it, perhaps he just couldn't afford the fancy look.

[Fire-Fist]

Protests gaining momentum starting again in Tahrir Sq.

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Photo of Egyptian Police collecting bodies of murdered protesters today... No comment

http://twitpic.com/7h0ewk

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12 mins ago: The battle begins. Tear gas is everywhere in Tahrir. The gas is different!


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WATCH LIVE: http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/


but live ammo being fired

[Zack]

Crap. So they got rid of the dictator, and now they have to deal with the military council......Do none of these people realize that violence and murder may not be the best way to respond to these protests?

[dasia]

Reportedly 10 dead and 324 injured:http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=22353&title=10 dead, 324 injured in Tahrir clashes
You would think that having seen Mubarak's fall first hand the military would think twice about this. Betrayers got what's coming to them.

*waves at the 33 guests*/they are all gone..'kay

[Bad Dreamer]

Yep, it was back to the days of tear gas cans & rubber bullets all over again. Now after the people started flooding to tahrir square in numbers (when they attacked earlier there were only a few hundred/a couple of thousands) they announced a “truce” and said that people can demonstrate in the square without being attacked.

The most frustrating/funny/sickening part is that the military council statements after this incident is basically just trolling ala Mubarak style. That and we’re supposed to have parliament elections in 1 week, so why the heck do they to use violence at this point?

[bartholemew kuma]

Egypt has always been a fucked up country, 90 percent of them are under-developed mentally and the other 10% abuse the system with connections and dictatorship. Mubarak was not the only man who had to be dropped back then. Since Mubarak left i have been to Egypt twice and the situation is worse than before, maybe the only good thing is that there is this "psuedo"happiness in the people that they got rid of their devil.
Military in power = disaster in middle east. Always and always. (i am looking at you Bashir)

[Bad Dreamer]

Egypt has always been a fucked up country, 90 percent of them are under-developed mentally and the other 10% abuse the system with connections and dictatorship.

... Dude, I don't know from where did you come up with that perception, but I'm neither mentally challenged nor corrupt. Neither have been egypt a "fucked up country".

"Military in power - disaster". Agreed, but you don't seem to be aware of (or rather forgotten) all the developments since January.

Since the beginning of the revolution the army took the side of the people. not a single bullet was shot by a soldier against the protesters. After Mubarak stepped down the spokesman of the military council gave on national tv a military salute to the martyrs of the revolution, confirming that the revolution was from the people and that they (military council) will surrender the power to a civil government within 6 months through democratic elections.

At this point all the people's requests seemed to have been fulfilled. Mubarak was ousted and then put to trial, the government resigned, the NBD was no more and all his top corrupt members were thrown in prison and all that jazz. There was no real reason to doubt the military council except for conspiracy theorists. Having them ruln the country in (the unavoidable) transition period only made sense, specially that there was no one else qualified to assume power .

Now months later the reality has kicked in, the situation now is much darker than it was 8 months ago, but the people seem to be ready for a revolution round 2. That is unless the military council give in to his earlier promises.

[bartholemew kuma]

... Dude, I don't know from where did you come up with that perception, but I'm neither mentally challenged nor corrupt. Neither have been egypt a "fucked up country".

Not mentally challenged but as the arabs say tafkeer mutakalif, Aggressive and such. You may not be able to see it because you have lived in the environment for too long, or haven't seen it yet (if you don't live there)

[/QUOTE]"Military in power - disaster". Agreed, but you don't seem to be aware of (or rather forgotten) all the developments since January.

Since the beginning of the revolution the army took the side of the people. not a single bullet was shot by a soldier against the protesters. After Mubarak stepped down the spokesman of the military council gave on national tv a military salute to the martyrs of the revolution, confirming that the revolution was from the people and that they (military council) will surrender the power to a civil government within 6 months through democratic elections. [/QUOTE]

Here comes my "corrupted" part, many more other than myself predicted that this would happen (months ago) and the whole change in constitution or whatever they are doing to remove all problems from them

[/QUOTE] At this point all the people's requests seemed to have been fulfilled. Mubarak was ousted and then put to trial, the government resigned, the NBD was no more and all his top corrupt members were thrown in prison and all that jazz. There was no real reason to doubt the military council except for conspiracy theorists. Having them ruln the country in (the unavoidable) transition period only made sense, specially that there was no one else qualified to assume power .[/QUOTE]
That was all well and dandy after those 18 days of protest.

[/QUOTE]Now months later the reality has kicked in, the situation now is much darker than it was 8 months ago, but the people seem to be ready for a revolution round 2. That is unless the military council give in to his earlier promises.[/QUOTE]
All the best to the people of Egypt.

[asm00200]

Not mentally challenged but as the arabs say tafkeer mutakalif, Aggressive and such. You may not be able to see it because you have lived in the environment for too long, or haven't seen it yet (if you don't live there)

I'd still disagree with you on that. I had contact in my life with Egyptians on different levels, and saying that they're "mutakhelifeen fikriyan" is really ridiculous. I mean, they just overthrow a dictator with peaceful demonstrations and without being aggressive in their language or behavior during the revolution or anything.

People mix Egyptians happy nature with their thinking which leads them to the same conclusion you made. But in reality, Egyptians are both cool and... (dangerous ).

[bartholemew kuma]

Truth be told the same can and is said about the Libyans. Give them guns and they will catch you a Saif. But most of them are still tafkeer mutakhalif wa primitive.
but i guess that is what you expect after a terrible education for so long.

[No Maam]

Truth be told the same can and is said about the Libyans. Give them guns and they will catch you a Saif. But most of them are still tafkeer mutakhalif wa primitive.
but i guess that is what you expect after a terrible education for so long.

How DID the education system work in Libya under Gaddafi anyway ? I mean, did you have to memorise the green book or something like that ?

[Cyan D. Funk]

All I can say is that Tafkeer Mutakhalif sounds like an awesome name for a band.

[Bad Dreamer]

Not mentally challenged but as the arabs say tafkeer mutakalif, Aggressive and such. You may not be able to see it because you have lived in the environment for too long, or haven't seen it yet (if you don't live there)

I have been both in & out. I lived in Egypt for 22 years & I have been 3 years outside. And NO the Egyptians don’t have “tafkeer mutakhalef” (in eng: retarded way of thinking).

I’m not saying the Egyptian minds are the world’s elite. Egypt surely has its share from dump asses. But seriously; calling me, my family, my friends, everyone I know and another 70 million population mentally challenged/retard is unjustifiable insult.
I’d like to keep this conversation light hearted & all, but do you seriously expect me to listen to this and look the other way???

Here comes my "corrupted" part, many more other than myself predicted that this would happen (months ago) and the whole change in constitution or whatever they are doing to remove all problems from them

You don’t start an all out war against your own military b/c you suspect (or even expect) a bad intention, especially that many of your requests have been granted during those months of patience. And you keep your good faith even more when you see how painful it was for Libya and Syria when their army gave them up.

Was there people doubting the military council intentions?
Of course there was a reasonable doubt. But there was nothing conclusive to amass the people in the streets again.

That was all well and dandy after those 18 days of protest.

Again you don’t seem to understand the situation at the time. The opposition THEMSELVES didn’t want to rush the elections. All political parties (except the muslim brotherhood) wanted more time to prepare themselves for the elections. Even today after 9 months they didn’t reach to the people enough. The Military council “HAD” to be trusted to run the country during this transition period. The only other solution was a ruling civil council which wasn’t a really practical solution for many (myself included).

In one way or the other; Things “had” to go the way it went, and from now on no one knows what’ll happen tomorrow.

Truth be told the same can and is said about the Libyans. Give them guns and they will catch you a Saif. But most of them are still tafkeer mutakhalif wa primitive.
but i guess that is what you expect after a terrible education for so long.

Oh, so you don't hold it against egyptians exclusively but against the arabs as general!
I still reject this point of view. I was raised under the same undeniably defected education system, but life has in it much more than just school.Today I live in another country surrounded by people from all around the world and I assure you I don't feel inferior at all (nor that I should) to other people who had a more than likely a better education than me.

At the end of it, my only point is that you don't get to generalize such offenses. this coming from another arab is specially painful to me, because if you think like this then what would you expect from others who believe that arabs live in tents & ride camels.

But in reality, Egyptians are both cool and... (dangerous ).

You got that right.

Spoiler:

(Secretly plotting to the unfortunate accident that cost us the life of our dear beloved Kuma)