Originally posted by VDub
Denial aint just a river in Egypt!!!
HAHAAHAHAHA
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Also, as usual, you prove yourself to be a king amongst idiots.
VDub
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Originally posted by evil_cookie
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Also, as usual, you prove yourself to be a king amongst idiots.
Oh my god...
Are you now correcting one of the oldest expressions that I know of??
You guys are so eloquent with your posts yet one doesn't know what dumb is when used in reference to himself and the other one doesn't know this expression...
Holy ...
You guys need to get off the Internet and into the real world...
Yohan
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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
So explain to me what you think should happen to that region now that they are liberated? So i can take back "the words i put in your mouth".
I don't know how credible this report is, but it's got some interesting stuff.
95% of Egyptians apparently want Islam to play a large role in politics.
Cyrus King
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Originally posted by hardcore trancer
You call an entire region a hole? Seriously wtf do you know about the Middle East? When will you stop your insults towards the region? just shut your mouth already and stop typing as if you understands the region.:rolleyes: go watch your in hockey and live your pathetic life like a sheep.
The guy's a in caker, let him eat his craft dinner and molest his sister or something. Hes angry his mom made him pay rent when he was 16 ;-)
I don't know how credible this report is, but it's got some interesting stuff.
95% of Egyptians apparently want Islam to play a large role in politics.
1) i just posted this article which kevin (17sss) posted about in chill out room
2) it takes a sample size of 1000 that doesnt discriminate between rural and urban (i would assume that more urban people would play a more influencial role in politics, your poor average farmer is obviously going to be more religious and completely ignorant in policits, hence useless survey). Read the methodology.
3) egypt is 88 million people, you're going to use a 1000 person sample size to represent 88 million people?
4) Islam playing a role in politics is far from an islamofacist state. You need to understand the difference between shia and sunni, between the iatolla and a general priest, the difference between the pope and a televangelist. I hope you get my point.
5) the protest were predominatley secular, surely people were praying but i didn't see a single person interviewed in the protests (al jazeera, cnn, cbc etc) mention anything about wanting the muslim brother hood or a theocratic type rule.
Again there is a huge difference between Iran and Egypt, Suni and Shia, having religion "play a role" and haveing a theocratic islamofascit state.
I'm the last person to take side with religion and i even cringe when any US politician mentions "god bless america".
VDub
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Originally posted by Cyrus King
The guy's a in caker, let him eat his craft dinner and molest his sister or something. Hes angry his mom made him pay rent when he was 16 ;-)
Yay reinforcements!!!
Sound the trumpets!!!
Thanks for joining the party. A little late but whatever...
Nice assumptions about me btw. None of them even close though..
Try again??
hardcore trancer
As predicted, new protests have started in Tehran today and the officals are cracking down on the protesters with force. This could get very very ugly. :(
Clashes between Iranian police and tens of thousands of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday, with security forces beating and firing tear gas at opposition supporters looking to evoke Egypt's recent popular uprising.
The opposition called for a demonstration Monday in solidarity with Egypt's popular revolt that a few days earlier forced the president there to resign after nearly 30 years in office.
Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets. Demonstrators responded by setting garbage cans on fire to protect themselves from the stinging white clouds.
"We support you Mousavi," some of the demonstrators chanted, referring to a prominent opposition leader.
"An Iranian dies but doesn't accept humiliation" and "Death to the dictator," they said, referring to hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Foreign media banned from coverage
Security forces on motorcycles could also be seen chasing protesters through the streets, according to eyewitnesses.
Foreign media are banned from covering street protests in Iran. A BBC producer said the scene in Tehran was "total chaos," the BBC reported.
Iran's security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an opposition leader in attempts to stop him attending the planned rally.
Police and militiamen poured onto the streets of Tehran to challenge the marches, which officials worry could turn into demonstrations against Iran's ruling system.
The security clampdown is reminiscent of the backlash that crushed a wave of massive protests after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June 2009. But opposition supporters revived a tactic from the unrest, shouting "Allahu Akbar," or God is Great, from rooftops and balconies into the early hours Monday in a sign of defiance toward Iran's leadership.
Mir Hossein Mousavi and fellow opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi have been under house arrest in Tehran since last week after they asked the government for permission to hold a rally on Feb. 14 in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
On Sunday, the opposition renewed its call to supporters to rally, and accused the government of hypocrisy by voicing support for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings while refusing to allow Iranian political activists to stage a peaceful demonstration.
High on PSI
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Originally posted by VDub
I agree but the problem is, is a true democracy is possible in the Middle East??
I hope so...
Sure it is. Nothing is 100%, but right now I believe if its capable anywhere in the middle-east, its most likely Egypt.
ChemEnhanced
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Originally posted by hardcore trancer
As predicted, new protests have started in Tehran today and the officals are cracking down on the protesters with force. This could get very very ugly. :(
I think I mentioned something like this could happen.
Shaya007
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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I think I mentioned something like this could happen.
One has absolutely nothing to do with the other... Good for Iranians for getting back on the streets...there are days I wish I could join their cause
Shaya007
Hey Nick someone took over your crane this morning! LOL
Protester on Crane
Arrested by security forces
NBC News reported that a young woman was arrested Monday after climbing on top of a crane outside a court building waving a green flag and holding pictures of Mousavi and protesters who were arrested or killed during the 2009 unrest. Defying the ban, the opposition nevertheless renewed the call for the rally. Iran's authorities have warned the opposition to avoid creating "security crisis" by reviving mass anti-government protests that erupted after the vote, the biggest unrest in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
