Selatius
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:47 AM
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I'm sad to say this, but they are cutting off internet/phones in Egypt to prepare a crackdown |
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They are basically copying what the ruling regime in Iran did when the people discovered that they were voting in a totally rigged election. We all know what happened inside Iran: Bloodbath. People were using Facebook/Twitter to coordinate resistance against the police/military, but with those networks cut-off, it made it easier for the regime to crush them with many lives lost.
I fear this is what will happen to the protesters in Egypt. The worst thing about it is that Mubarak is "our dictator."
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:52 AM
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1. I'm slightly encouraged by this: |
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:55 AM
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2. They can't shut it all down |
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:56 AM
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3. Oh hell, I have so much to learn. Cool link! n/t |
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:57 AM
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thank DU'er Turborama for that one.
I've been watching it since he posted it earlier.
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Fri Jan-28-11 05:58 AM
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5. They cut access to DNS servers apparently... |
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Fri Jan-28-11 06:02 AM
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6. No they can't shut everything down & I suspect there will be |
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a crackdown, but as one comment on the link pointed out "there have been successful events before the internet". So we will see.
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Fri Jan-28-11 06:11 AM
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7. they're not intimidated yet. |
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and they may figure 'what the hell' -- it's been brutal all these years -- so it doesn't matter.
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-28-11 06:24 AM
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8. Oh, these Egyptians seem to still have a lot of fight in them. The only question is Mubarak. |
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If he is as stubborn as some say he is, he isn't going to back down, and that could get problematic.
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Fri Jan-28-11 06:27 AM
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9. the egyptian street sees mubarak as problematic and brutal any way. |
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the lock down crony economics may have the street feeling 'oh well -- nothing to lose'.
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-28-11 06:32 AM
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10. I hope the Egyptians get their chance at self-determination, and if... |
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it gets down to the point where Mubarak puts the army and the tanks on the streets and copies the "Chinese solution," well, what happens will happen. I hope it doesn't end up like China 1989 with the regime winning and the protesters losing.
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