Comments on: Egypt: The viral vlog of Asmaa Mahfouz that helped spark an uprising http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dblomqu1 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015105 dblomqu1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015105 Just saw this Tweet! DAMN IT! Such a brave young woman....hope all ends well... Egyptian Facebook activist, leader of online group supporting protesters has been arrested in Cairo - Wired http://bit.ly/fEaUYQ Just saw this Tweet! DAMN IT! Such a brave young woman….hope all ends well…

Egyptian Facebook activist, leader of online group supporting protesters has been arrested in Cairo – Wired http://bit.ly/fEaUYQ

]]> By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015106 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015106 To: Egypt From: the rest of the world Please vote Asmaa Mahfouz into the new Egyptian government! To: Egypt
From: the rest of the world

Please vote Asmaa Mahfouz into the new Egyptian government!

]]> By: AlisBinks http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015628 AlisBinks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015628 What an inspirational young woman. Part of me wishes that I could be in Egypt to march up to Tahrir Square at her side. What an inspirational young woman. Part of me wishes that I could be in Egypt to march up to Tahrir Square at her side.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015132 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015132 this woman is amazing this woman is amazing

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015153 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015153 hope and despair are sister and brother. @1 (dblomqu1): i second your emotions, but please be aware that neither tunisia nor egypt will be at the end of a process very soon. furthermore, as i understand it a democracy is always at the beginning and it is always pesky hard work. every day, all over again. .~. hope and despair are sister and brother.

@1 (dblomqu1):

i second your emotions, but please be aware that neither tunisia nor egypt will be at the end of a process very soon. furthermore, as i understand it a democracy is always at the beginning and it is always pesky hard work.

every day, all over again.

.~.

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015201 travtastic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015201 I wish I knew if she was going to support a despotic fundamentalist caliphate. There are so many uncertainties in that region! What if the price of oil goes up? I wish I knew if she was going to support a despotic fundamentalist caliphate. There are so many uncertainties in that region! What if the price of oil goes up?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015467 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015467 With all due respect, and I mean that... I'm willing to pay more for oil if people in the Middle East are allowed to live decent lives. And if she chooses to support a fundamentalist candidate, that's her right. Again meaning you no disrespect... I know you're legitimately worried... but to all my fellow Americans I'd say that God or the Universe or whoever didn't give we Americans the right to cheap oil at the daily expense of brown people overseas... It's not our oil. If we think it's too expensive then maybe we shouldn't buy it. Sound preposterous? Well maybe if we didn't drive two blocks every time we need to buy a loaf of bread or get a cup of coffee... and walked instead... or rode a bike... and maybe if we elected candidates who would ACTUALLY END OUR OIL ADDICTION... hmmmm... think about it. Thanks. With all due respect, and I mean that… I’m willing to pay more for oil if people in the Middle East are allowed to live decent lives. And if she chooses to support a fundamentalist candidate, that’s her right. Again meaning you no disrespect… I know you’re legitimately worried… but to all my fellow Americans I’d say that God or the Universe or whoever didn’t give we Americans the right to cheap oil at the daily expense of brown people overseas… It’s not our oil. If we think it’s too expensive then maybe we shouldn’t buy it. Sound preposterous? Well maybe if we didn’t drive two blocks every time we need to buy a loaf of bread or get a cup of coffee… and walked instead… or rode a bike… and maybe if we elected candidates who would ACTUALLY END OUR OIL ADDICTION… hmmmm… think about it. Thanks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015480 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015480 Shucks, I guess we'll just have to take her at her word: "I am not a socialist, I am not a liberal, I am not an Islamist. I am an Egyptian woman, a regular woman rejecting injustice and corruption in my country." -- from the New York Times Or we can be lazy, form our opinions based on a ten-second soundbite, never read the rest of the story, and then wonder about gas prices while one of the most important democratic moments of our lives happens right in front of us--basically, we can be what half the world already thinks we are. Or, you know, Democracy and all that jazz? It ain't easy. But Internets don't listen ADHD TL;DR Hey, look, kittens. Shucks, I guess we’ll just have to take her at her word:

“I am not a socialist, I am not a liberal, I am not an Islamist. I am an Egyptian woman, a regular woman rejecting injustice and corruption in my country.” — from the New York Times

Or we can be lazy, form our opinions based on a ten-second soundbite, never read the rest of the story, and then wonder about gas prices while one of the most important democratic moments of our lives happens right in front of us–basically, we can be what half the world already thinks we are.

Or, you know, Democracy and all that jazz? It ain’t easy. But Internets don’t listen ADHD TL;DR Hey, look, kittens.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015492 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015492 An <a href="http://www.habibtoumi.com/2010/12/31/man-at-the-centre-of-tunisia-unrest-recuperating-doctors-say/">uppity woman</a> was behind the uprising in Tunisia as well. An uppity woman was behind the uprising in Tunisia as well.

]]> By: Pablito http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015493 Pablito Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015493 Erm, I'm pretty sure travtastic is being sarcy, basically echoing certain shrill commentators. Erm, I’m pretty sure travtastic is being sarcy, basically echoing certain shrill commentators.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1024710 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1024710 Hooray for uppity women EVERYWHERE!!!! Long live a free Egypt. Hooray for uppity women EVERYWHERE!!!!
Long live a free Egypt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1017816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017816 She is a marvelous woman and "Uppity Women" unite in this cause. She is a marvelous woman and “Uppity Women”
unite in this cause.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1023203 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1023203 None of the US oil comes from Egypt, so don't worry. None of the US oil comes from Egypt, so don’t worry.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/02/02/egypt-the-viral-vlog.html#comment-1015787 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1015787 I think the elephant in the room here is Saudi Arabia. If that one goes bang the shock waves will circle the Earth a few times. I think the elephant in the room here is Saudi Arabia. If that one goes bang the shock waves will circle the Earth a few times.

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