So "Egypt proved there is no need for a 2nd amendment"? Think again:

[friendly_iconoclast]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x556231


Egypt's New Military Rulers To Ban Unions, Strikes

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/13/uk-egypt-warning-idUKTRE71C1OG20110213

Egypt's military to warn against "chaos and disorder"

Egypt's new military rulers will issue a warning against anyone who creates "chaos and disorder," an army source said Sunday.

The source said the military statement was now expected to appear Monday, not Sunday as the source had said earlier.

The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labour unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work after the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

The army will also say it acknowledges and protects the right of people to protest, the source said.

Love that Orwellian last line, don't you?


For those of you who never saw the original thread (or who have Waldheimer's Disease), a blast from the very recent past:


"Egypt proved there is no need for a 2nd amendment"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x375990

[JDPriestly]

1. The demonstrators quit too soon. They will learn.

They are worse off now than they were before because the military has divided their movement by selecting some members in the movement to serve on the committee organizing the change that is supposed to occur and leaving other members out.

I think the demonstrators will have to wait until they are reunited in frustration with the new military and then maybe they will have learned something about organization.

The goals of the Egyptian demonstrators were kind of vague.

But I think that the demonstrators will be able to get their organization together. The ban on trade unions may actually help to unite people around a very concrete goal, and that may help them solidify their movement and focus it well in the end.

Had they used weapons, they would have alienated a lot of supporters. They would have gained less sympathy from people who began from a neutral standpoint. Using violence destroys a movement because it alienates the very people that the movement needs to trust and support it -- the people that don't like violence. Most people don't like violence.

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. I should have added the obvious line: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

[JDPriestly]

3. Right. But, eventually they will get it right.

[Confusious]

4. That wasn't the point

The point was, that if you have large demonstrations, and do it peacefully, without weapons, the army can't stop you.

If you open up with your popgun, the army can come in and mow you down.

Really, if we're going to have a tyrannical government, the military will have to be in on it.

What's your popgun gonna do against a tank? What's your weekend warrior gonna do against a person who trains for war 24/7?

[RSillsbee]

5. The army can't stop you.

How's The point was, that if you have large demonstrations, and do it peacefully, without weapons, the army can't stop you.

that working out for you in Libya?

[Katya Mullethov]

6. That doesnt count

They're mean .

[RSillsbee]

7. Sorry , I didn't get that memo

Of course I'll retract my statement

Yup
:sarcasm: ( you know, if I have to use this thing it's really not sarcasm)

[Confusious]

9. Seems I just heard on the radio

That the military switched sides.

So what I said is still true.

[RSillsbee]

11. I heard Momahr is sending jets after them now NT

[Confusious]

12. Well if the army is on thier side, they'll win

A jets gotta land.

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. "What's your weekend warrior gonna do against a person who trains for war 24/7?"

You've never read this book, have you?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_and_the_Brightest

[Confusious]

10. As far as history goes

It wasn't the Viet kong that eventually won the veitnam war.

It was the full scale invasion by the north.

[lawodevolution]

13. But peaceful demonstrations and no guns and no second amendment and

Democracy doesn't need a 2A and nonviolence......