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Egypt planning through Facebook Tunisian style "day of revolt against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment".
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[quote:Babsi:MV8xMzM3MzY3XzIxOTg4NjQwXzJGRDA2MEE0] [quote:Smilin' Irish Eyes] [quote:[•REC]] It would be nice if we stopped propping up the Egyptian Government but I cant see that happening somehow. [/quote] Is it propping up or trying to keep a government stable? :1dunno1: Amazing that as an American, I have to read the BBC to find out what is going on around the world. Our media is muzzled in what they report. Here is another link from the BBC about the possible domino effect on other countries in that region. They break down the countries with the possible likelihood of them repeating what happened in Tunisia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12204971 [/quote] Hi Smilin' - I for one think, like most of my egyptian friends, that although yes, Mubarak has been in office for a long time and surely it is no Democracy here and more of a Dictatorship. But he kept the country stable, compared to other arab and african nations. If he gets removed through some kind of revolution (which won't happen, at least not in the near future), then what will follow would be worse. The corruption in Egypt lies mostly with people in the Ministries and the Police...those should be removed. But then again, if things get totally screwed up and they really do something similar to Tunisia, I'm outta here...just like all the other expats and tourism will collapse, and then the country will see the difference and really suffer...then wish back the old days under Mubarak. He's not the real problem imo. [/quote]
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It seems the peoples of the world are finally getting tired of gov't corruption. Iceland last year, Greece with their riots, then Tunisia toppling their gov't, now Egypt...who will be next
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..."It is the end of silence, acquiescence and submission to what is happening in our country. It will be the start of a new page in Egypt's history - one of activism and demanding our rights."
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says the event is a direct response to the campaign that ousted President Ben Ali of Tunisia, in which the internet also played an important part. ...
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