Comments on: Tunisia protest banner: Mark Zuckerberg good, Ben Ali evil http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: The Chemist http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998670 The Chemist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998670 I think you're missing the part where this is in Tunisia. I think you’re missing the part where this is in Tunisia.

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998672 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998672 I'd be interested in seeing Sterling's description of this scene just to see how he works the word 'favela' into it. I’d be interested in seeing Sterling’s description of this scene just to see how he works the word ‘favela’ into it.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998695 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998695 Don't get Zuckerpunched Tunisia! Don’t get Zuckerpunched Tunisia!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998697 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998697 The Chemist - This photo was taken in Washington. Poon Hound - This is not likely in Tunisia. Ben Ali made the mistake of smashing the Islamists completely. Now he doesn't have the bogeyman to scare everyone into supporting him. The Egyptians, by making sure that the Muslim Brotherhood is the only viable opposition, have made sure that they will have international support against any uprising like this. Can any Arabic speakers help me with the sign the guy is holding up at the back? I haven't seen it before - الساكت عن الحق شيطان اخرس Is it 'He who is silent about the truth is a dumb devil'? Looks like it might be from a hadith or something. The Chemist – This photo was taken in Washington. Poon Hound – This is not likely in Tunisia. Ben Ali made the mistake of smashing the Islamists completely. Now he doesn’t have the bogeyman to scare everyone into supporting him. The Egyptians, by making sure that the Muslim Brotherhood is the only viable opposition, have made sure that they will have international support against any uprising like this.
Can any Arabic speakers help me with the sign the guy is holding up at the back? I haven’t seen it before -
الساكت عن الحق شيطان اخرس

Is it ‘He who is silent about the truth is a dumb devil’? Looks like it might be from a hadith or something.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998955 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998955 Do people no longer get arrested for demonstrating within 400 feet of an embassy in Washington DC? Do people no longer get arrested for demonstrating within 400 feet of an embassy in Washington DC?

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998726 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998726 WOW! That picture is such a surreal mindfuck! LOL. And, I forgot how Francophone the Tunisians are because that sign in Arabic kinda looks like the handwriting of a little kid, or of a student in a beginning Arabic class in college. Just sayin'. Also, @Poon Hound: (uh, nice name) - I don't think Islamists have a hold on Tunisia. It's supposed to be pretty liberal culturally- speaking compared to the rest of Middle East/North Africa (MENA). WOW! That picture is such a surreal mindfuck! LOL.

And, I forgot how Francophone the Tunisians are because that sign in Arabic kinda looks like the handwriting of a little kid, or of a student in a beginning Arabic class in college. Just sayin’.

Also, @Poon Hound: (uh, nice name) – I don’t think Islamists have a hold on Tunisia. It’s supposed to be pretty liberal culturally- speaking compared to the rest of Middle East/North Africa (MENA).

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998735 eviladrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998735 If they were Islamists they'd have Bert from Sesame Street on their sign. If they were Islamists they’d have Bert from Sesame Street on their sign.

]]> By: olr http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-999248 olr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999248 Interesting to note that King Abdullah of Jordan is in the "who's next" list on the right there (lower right). Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad are obvious candidates here - but who's the guy in middle left picture? Interesting to note that King Abdullah of Jordan is in the “who’s next” list on the right there (lower right).

Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad are obvious candidates here – but who’s the guy in middle left picture?

]]> By: Frank S. http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-999508 Frank S. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999508 I don't know what kind of person Zuckerberg truly is. After all, he is not yet 30. Still, that picture brought a tear to my eye. Imagine, only 26, a billionaire, and now on posters for a postive revolution and you didn't have to die for the honor. I don’t know what kind of person Zuckerberg truly is. After all, he is not yet 30. Still, that picture brought a tear to my eye. Imagine, only 26, a billionaire, and now on posters for a postive revolution and you didn’t have to die for the honor.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998485 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998485 Ha! Mark Zuckerberg as revolutionary hero. Never saw that one coming. Ha! Mark Zuckerberg as revolutionary hero. Never saw that one coming.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998744 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998744 Given Wikileaks role in the Tunisian Revolution, it's especially ironic that Time blocked their readers' choice of Assange in favor of Zuckerberg. http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-readers-choice-for-times-person-of-the-year-2010/ Given Wikileaks role in the Tunisian Revolution, it’s especially ironic that Time blocked their readers’ choice of Assange in favor of Zuckerberg.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/13/julian-assange-readers-choice-for-times-person-of-the-year-2010/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998505 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998505 Well, what about the fact that the Libyan People's Bureau (Libyan Embassy) is IN the greater Watergate complex? Well, what about the fact that the Libyan People’s Bureau (Libyan Embassy) is IN the greater Watergate complex?

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998779 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998779 I wonder how long they'll continue to love Zuckerberg when they realize Facebook apps are publishing their phone numbers and addresses. I wonder how long they’ll continue to love Zuckerberg when they realize Facebook apps are publishing their phone numbers and addresses.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998798 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998798 They'll soon change their minds about Facebook once Zynga brings out Revolutionville. They’ll soon change their minds about Facebook once Zynga brings out Revolutionville.

]]> By: chumpmeat http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998555 chumpmeat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998555 Id like to think that the bearded gent holding the sign applied that loving smack to Zuckerberg's cheek personally . . . Id like to think that the bearded gent holding the sign applied that loving smack to Zuckerberg’s cheek personally . . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998813 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998813 Mark? How about Julian Assange? Mark? How about Julian Assange?

]]> By: The Chemist http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998830 The Chemist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998830 The translation is correct, but the word "dumb" (in case you're using a computer translator) in this case means "mute", and yes it is from a hadith. That said, I meant this situation is unfolding in Tunisia. I didn't mean that the photo was taken there. The translation is correct, but the word “dumb” (in case you’re using a computer translator) in this case means “mute”, and yes it is from a hadith.

That said, I meant this situation is unfolding in Tunisia. I didn’t mean that the photo was taken there.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998592 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998592 Well, half right, I guess. Well, half right, I guess.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-999361 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999361 Do not know his name or title, but I think it may be the head honcho in Algeria. Do not know his name or title, but I think it may be the head honcho in Algeria.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998609 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998609 Evil? How's this? "For his part, Zuckerberg heaped praise on his fellow president. "It's one of the things I've always admired about you," he said to Bush. "You've always stuck by your principles and pushed through."" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/george-bush-mark-zuckerberg-presidents-together Evil? How’s this?

“For his part, Zuckerberg heaped praise on his fellow president. “It’s one of the things I’ve always admired about you,” he said to Bush. “You’ve always stuck by your principles and pushed through.”"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/george-bush-mark-zuckerberg-presidents-together

]]> By: Poon Hound http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998620 Poon Hound Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998620 Wait until Islamist groups inevitably start taking over the government, then you will see Facebook condemned for speading western decadence and blasphemous pictures of the prophet. Wait until Islamist groups inevitably start taking over the government, then you will see Facebook condemned for speading western decadence and blasphemous pictures of the prophet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/tunisia-protest-bann.html#comment-998908 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998908 That banner looks like it was printed on the CIA's "Color LaserJet Uprising 4000 XL" that they rolled out a few years ago. That banner looks like it was printed on the CIA’s “Color LaserJet Uprising 4000 XL” that they rolled out a few years ago.

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