GOOOOD MOOORNING EEEEGYPT!
Oh, come on you are smiling, we all are. First Tunisia, heads of state running out of the country into the safety of their offshore accounts.. Then in Jordan the King sacks his entire parliament! And Egypt, the entire country is in the streets screaming for change, reform.
I wonder if the Egyptians are going all the way with this and institute freedom of speech.
But why did they wake up? What took so long? All of these years under autocratic rule?
I have a theory: Technology. Back in the seventies, eighties and nineties, even the first decade of this millenium, facebook, tweeter, social networking and world wide access to all forums and platforms was not so wide spread.
They woke up alright.
They saw that people around the western world, do what they want, say what they want and don't disappear into the desert or get their right hand chopped off.
They realized that the Emergency Law that has been instituted for decades is just a power play to keep corrupt officials in office.
In France, Italy, Britain, USA, Spain, Norway, Japan, Australia and countless other countries you have full freedom of speech.
How did the Egyptians find out? Social Networking.
It is no surprise that the Egyptian government shut down most of online access as a first attempt to control the masses. Too late. Every one of the Egyptian people has spent hours in internet cafes if not in front of their laptops and soaked up ideas other than the canned propaganda being fed by their government.
Arab world, we westerners feel still threated by you, with a bad aftertaste of Islamic extremism. But today you woke up and are tearing down the Berlin Walls of the minds. One brick at a time and maybe we are going to achieve world peace!
What, surprised? It could happen!!!
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What are you going to do with new found freedom?
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