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Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: Lanx on Sun, 30 January 2011, 21:33:17

anyone got the scoop?
is this the wiki leaks coup? or is that tunsinia?
is this the one were eqypt shut down the internet too?

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: Brian8bit on Sun, 30 January 2011, 23:29:12

Wiki leaks was Tunisia due to their leaders spending. Egypt just don't like their current leader.

Ultimately though, I don't really care. The middle east is a **** hole and should be sacked all over again like when Hulagu Khan rode through.

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: quadibloc on Sun, 30 January 2011, 23:37:09

My understanding is that the unrest erupted in Egypt when Tunisia showed it could be done. And, yes, Egypt's government shut down Internet access in the country, except for the stock exchange, and international cables passing through.

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: Brian8bit on Sun, 30 January 2011, 23:39:26

The funniest thing is everyone in Egypt rioting and protesting for more freedoms etcetera. Then you'll have a group like the Muslim brotherhood slip in when they oust the first guy and it's Burkas and beatings for all. It's like Iran 1979 in reverse. We have freedom and liberty for all. REVOLUTION! Well ****...

Moral of the story is, you can't please everyone. Especially not Muslims.

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 31 January 2011, 03:41:05

Ah ok, cool seeing 2 revolts in a week period got me confused. I was like I thought it was tunsinia that revolted or was that Egypt, turns out it's both.

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: Ekaros on Mon, 31 January 2011, 06:27:08

So who's next? If someone else goes for it, there might be some changes in middle east, not that I'm against people sorting things out...

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: mike on Mon, 31 January 2011, 06:45:10

Quote from: brian8bit;287605

The funniest thing is everyone in Egypt rioting and protesting for more freedoms etcetera. Then you'll have a group like the Muslim brotherhood slip in when they oust the first guy and it's Burkas and beatings for all.

There is of course a danger of that. However according to one report I've seen, people chanting religious slogans during the protests were shouted down - the protests appear to be secular rather than religious.

Title: TL:DR-Eqypt
Post by: quadibloc on Mon, 31 January 2011, 15:21:09

Quote from: ripster;287781

Egypt is the birthplace of all languages.

I would have thought that the Rift Valley would take that honor.

But it is true that a recent archeological discovery has finally linked Egyptian hieroglyphics to the Phoenician script, ancestor not only to the Hebrew and Arabic scripts, but also to the Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, and Latin scripts on the one hand, and the scripts of the big Devanagari family on the other - including the Tibetan and Thai scripts, for example, among others outside India.