Reply #13: Another thing. The original intention last week was for the protesters

[EFerrari]

to march to the presidential palace. And for some of us observers, it's been frustrating that they decided not to take that step. In fact, one of the activists that has been on air said today, "we should have marched".

But thinking this over, there is a really good reason they haven't done that. There are activists at Tahrir whose lives are literally at risk if they leave the square. Egypt is a police state. There is no just marching anywhere unless the state allows it. And if you defy the state as these people have done, your live is worth squat when they catch you.

The basic premise that a government exists to protect the people is turned on its head in Egypt. The state asserts the right to prey on the people.