One of my best friends is from Egypt, so i had asked him how he felt about what was going on over there. And he gave me this extremely insightful explanation.
I hope you will take the time to read it.
Hey Crystal..How is are you? miss you and miss Wooster too!
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I see you are interested to understand whats going on in Egypt, or what i think of it! but this is going to take some time so are you ready? lol. Hit me back about it if you are still curious
yess im in Saudi arabia..As for Egypt, I am neither happy nor sad really. People are calling for democracy, but is it a good thing to hand them the "freedom of choice"?.. Take Hamas (in Gazza strip), democracy was a disaster there because it unleashed their dangerous minds and power in the name of the religion. Now with Egypt the situation is not so extreme but we still have muslim brotherhood group (of which hamas is an affiliate), and it has a lot of popularity. It will not be surprising if Egyptian people voluntarily elect it. only because people in Egypt (and pretty much all the middle east) have a blind belief that the more they stick to their religion in every aspect the more their life will spontaneously improve (as well their after-life). Muslim brotherhood put the revocation of Egypt-Israel peace pact, for example, high on their agenda, which means another north korea in the middle east!.
This area will never improve or benefit from democracy unless they completely separate their personal religious beliefs from state policy, and unless they understand that freedom includes freedom of religion or from it.
Egyptians are still slaves of religion and their votes will reflect this. I can't see how their choices are going to be wise ones, especially when we account for the nature of this religion we are talking about.
I decided that I can not live in Egypt. My family had made their choice when they left the US and returned to raise us in the middle east in the early 80s, and they believe in sticking to religion as much as any other "ignorant" Egyptian. People of the middle east believe in what terrorists believe in. Yet, they are not labeled terrorists because they didn't carry out any suspicious activities, in part, for fear of prosecution. Now give them freedom to elect a government that doesn't prosecute them for it, and you will get another Hamas, or Hezbullah. Thats one likely scenario. However, liberals and seculars may succeed in establishing a good government. But, knowing Egyptians closely, I doubt that such a government can remain in power long enough to change the brain washed masses.
I hope that wasnt super lengthy!)
Take care..ttyl XOX
I hope you will take the time to read it.
Hey Crystal..How is are you? miss you and miss Wooster too!
)
I see you are interested to understand whats going on in Egypt, or what i think of it! but this is going to take some time so are you ready? lol. Hit me back about it if you are still curious
yess im in Saudi arabia..As for Egypt, I am neither happy nor sad really. People are calling for democracy, but is it a good thing to hand them the "freedom of choice"?.. Take Hamas (in Gazza strip), democracy was a disaster there because it unleashed their dangerous minds and power in the name of the religion. Now with Egypt the situation is not so extreme but we still have muslim brotherhood group (of which hamas is an affiliate), and it has a lot of popularity. It will not be surprising if Egyptian people voluntarily elect it. only because people in Egypt (and pretty much all the middle east) have a blind belief that the more they stick to their religion in every aspect the more their life will spontaneously improve (as well their after-life). Muslim brotherhood put the revocation of Egypt-Israel peace pact, for example, high on their agenda, which means another north korea in the middle east!.
This area will never improve or benefit from democracy unless they completely separate their personal religious beliefs from state policy, and unless they understand that freedom includes freedom of religion or from it.
Egyptians are still slaves of religion and their votes will reflect this. I can't see how their choices are going to be wise ones, especially when we account for the nature of this religion we are talking about.
I decided that I can not live in Egypt. My family had made their choice when they left the US and returned to raise us in the middle east in the early 80s, and they believe in sticking to religion as much as any other "ignorant" Egyptian. People of the middle east believe in what terrorists believe in. Yet, they are not labeled terrorists because they didn't carry out any suspicious activities, in part, for fear of prosecution. Now give them freedom to elect a government that doesn't prosecute them for it, and you will get another Hamas, or Hezbullah. Thats one likely scenario. However, liberals and seculars may succeed in establishing a good government. But, knowing Egyptians closely, I doubt that such a government can remain in power long enough to change the brain washed masses.
I hope that wasnt super lengthy!
)
Take care..ttyl XOX
f1ssure:
There has to be a way to publish this somewhere that it can get seen by more than your friends on SG. It encapsulates a lot of wisdom in a concise format.
alkimi:
Incredibly insightful.