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EFerrari

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5. But the post is valuable because it shows

Reply to Egalitarian Thug (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:11 PM

Jun 2012

that the campaign to get us to close the file has been sort of successful.

It's always the media, isn't it? Mubarak is gone so, the reporting is anemic and lazy. Unless you make a point of following the situation on Twitter or by following the reporters who are following it -- most of them not big names, how are you supposed to know what is going on?

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In Egypt the liberals did all the heavy lifting but then they took their eye off the ball [View all] NNN0LHI Jun 2012 OP

I've been reading the twitter feeds of about 20 revolutionaries EFerrari Jun 2012 #1

Any idea why Mohamed ElBaradei didn't run for president? NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #9

He doesnt have Egyptian support iirc. He was part of Mubarak's cabinet for a long while riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #11

I really don't know his status right now. EFerrari Jun 2012 #14

This is Mona Seif talking about SCAF EFerrari Jun 2012 #2

This is her brother, Alaa EFerrari Jun 2012 #3

Sorry Don, you're blaming the victim here. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4

But the post is valuable because it shows EFerrari Jun 2012 #5

That's true. I knew when the Prez started using the phrase "orderly transition" that Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #6

Truth TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #10

Yep. EFerrari Jun 2012 #12

But the victims are also, in a way I can't completely quantify, self-harming Mairead Jun 2012 #8

Oh, please. Naming your values is not self harming EFerrari Jun 2012 #13

What??? Mairead Jun 2012 #15

Maybe I didn't understand you post. EFerrari Jun 2012 #16

Maybe that was a bad choice of term on my part Mairead Jun 2012 #17

If part of your point is that appeals to ethics don't work on thugs, EFerrari Jun 2012 #18

"For that part of the populace, speaking out clearly against abuse may be very important." Mairead Jun 2012 #19

Its not that simple. I believe the protesters are TRYING to persist riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #7