Comments on: Egypt: Al Jazeera video shows police running over protesters (warning: graphic content) http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016834 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016834 They are chanting...."You are sons of dogs and unbelievers." and then they say "Hosni Mobarek shut up. You are the dogs of the country." This is murder and the Mubarek regime has been robbing, murdering, torturing and humiliating its own people for 30 years. Finally, the brave Egyptian people have had enough. Pray for them in their struggle for freedom. They are chanting….”You are sons of dogs and unbelievers.” and then they say “Hosni Mobarek shut up. You are the dogs of the country.”

This is murder and the Mubarek regime has been robbing, murdering, torturing and humiliating its own people for 30 years. Finally, the brave Egyptian people have had enough.

Pray for them in their struggle for freedom.

]]> By: mraverage http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016613 mraverage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016613 Here in the U.S. they'd just plant a bag of flowers on them and a judge would put them up at the greystone for a few years. Here in the U.S. they’d just plant a bag of flowers on them and a judge would put them up at the greystone for a few years.

]]> By: genre slur http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016614 genre slur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016614 After 36 years of observation on this planet, no surprise is stimulated by this fixed-medium-captured occasion. However, it still causes pain and forces the sublimation of anger and sorrow into creative expression. After 36 years of observation on this planet, no surprise is stimulated by this fixed-medium-captured occasion.
However, it still causes pain and forces the sublimation of anger and sorrow into creative expression.

]]> By: soongtype http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016362 soongtype Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016362 Word. Too many people in the US are stuck in the typical authoritarian mindset. They just assume that the police are the good guys and that anyone who doesn't blindly follow their orders is asking for trouble. Word. Too many people in the US are stuck in the typical authoritarian mindset. They just assume that the police are the good guys and that anyone who doesn’t blindly follow their orders is asking for trouble.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016874 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016874 Lupus est homo homini. Lupus est homo homini.

]]> By: The .invalid http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016624 The .invalid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016624 Fucking hell. I think that was one of the most enraging things ever committed to video. I honestly hope this regime gets what it deserves. Fucking hell. I think that was one of the most enraging things ever committed to video. I honestly hope this regime gets what it deserves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016143 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016143 =( =(

]]> By: gandalf23 http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016147 gandalf23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016147 Holy shit! Holy shit!

]]> By: Amsterdaam http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016150 Amsterdaam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016150 I feel utterly helpless. With every fiber of my being, I wish I had the power to stop this. I feel utterly helpless. With every fiber of my being, I wish I had the power to stop this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016663 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016663 ...and another US State Department supported dictator shows his true colors. did you know it's your tax dollars paying for those bullets? why is obama so silent? why is the US, who kept this monster in power for so long, going to stop looking the other way? where is our cry of "democracy for all" now? are we just aiming for the moral low ground now? this is not just an egyptian fight, this is also our responsibility. …and another US State Department supported dictator shows his true colors. did you know it’s your tax dollars paying for those bullets?

why is obama so silent? why is the US, who kept this monster in power for so long, going to stop looking the other way? where is our cry of “democracy for all” now? are we just aiming for the moral low ground now?

this is not just an egyptian fight, this is also our responsibility.

]]> By: andreinla http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016152 andreinla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016152 For some reason reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ The Egyptian "police"-thugs, of course, are taking police brutality to a higher level -- murder. The principle, however, remains the same: state-empowered thugs in uniform, immune to the law, stomping their boot on the face of the people they agreed to serve. Do not make a mistake, when the people in the U.S. take to the streets on a significant scale, there will be men and women in uniform who will "follow orders" and commit murder from the comfort of their uniform, car, aircraft, drone control station. What we're seeing is not "their problem," it's ours. There's no They. For some reason reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

The Egyptian “police”-thugs, of course, are taking police brutality to a higher level — murder.

The principle, however, remains the same: state-empowered thugs in uniform, immune to the law, stomping their boot on the face of the people they agreed to serve. Do not make a mistake, when the people in the U.S. take to the streets on a significant scale, there will be men and women in uniform who will “follow orders” and commit murder from the comfort of their uniform, car, aircraft, drone control station.

What we’re seeing is not “their problem,” it’s ours.

There’s no They.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016154 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016154 That is not a police officer it is a criminal in a uniform. The people over there should round up all of these criminals and lock them up. That is not a police officer it is a criminal in a uniform. The people over there should round up all of these criminals and lock them up.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016410 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016410 translation for the shouting: "you sons of a bitches, you infidels... fall fall hosni mubarak" translation for the shouting:
“you sons of a bitches, you infidels… fall fall hosni mubarak”

]]> By: Laroquod http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1017437 Laroquod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017437 I was in the streets for the G20 in Toronto and I agree with you 100%. I was in the streets for the G20 in Toronto and I agree with you 100%.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016161 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016161 Remineds me of the g20 in Toronto only the cops did it with hourses. (They had their badge numbers covers so they aperantly they can't be pointed out by their peers). Remineds me of the g20 in Toronto only the cops did it with hourses. (They had their badge numbers covers so they aperantly they can’t be pointed out by their peers).

]]> By: jonw http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016934 jonw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016934 what an asshole. what an asshole.

]]> By: The Doctor http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016167 The Doctor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016167 *watches* Fuck me and marry me young... *pained sigh* @andreinla: Truer words were never spoken. *watches*

Fuck me and marry me young…

*pained sigh*

@andreinla: Truer words were never spoken.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016182 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016182 Thanks America... send another 1.5 billion $ we need more police. Absolutely the most despicable thing I have ever seen :( Thanks America… send another 1.5 billion $ we need more police. Absolutely the most despicable thing I have ever seen :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016443 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016443 mojoesque: This is the most popular chant that Arabic-speaking protesters use world-wide. Arabic: Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak! Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak! Amn El-Dawla, Amn El-Dawla, Anto kelab El-Dawala! Anto kelab El-Dawala! Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak! Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak! English Translation: Down, down, Hosni Mubarak! Down, down, Hosni Mubarak! "Amn El-Dawla" "Amn El-Dawla" [This is the name of a special police force who work directly for the goverment. The same ones who are accused of looting/setting fires/being pro-Mubarak. They have been paid to do these things in hopes of making the true protesters look bad.] You are the dogs of the government! You are the dogs of the government! [Basically meaning that they blindly follow government orders, even if it means committing crimes against the very people there are supposed to be serving.] Down, down, Hosni Mubarak! Down, down, Hosni Mubarak! mojoesque: This is the most popular chant that Arabic-speaking protesters use world-wide.

Arabic:
Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak!
Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak!
Amn El-Dawla,
Amn El-Dawla,
Anto kelab El-Dawala!
Anto kelab El-Dawala!
Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak!
Yasqut, yasqut, Hosni Mubarak!

English Translation:
Down, down, Hosni Mubarak!
Down, down, Hosni Mubarak!
“Amn El-Dawla”
“Amn El-Dawla”
[This is the name of a special police force who work directly for the goverment. The same ones who are accused of looting/setting fires/being pro-Mubarak. They have been paid to do these things in hopes of making the true protesters look bad.]
You are the dogs of the government!
You are the dogs of the government!
[Basically meaning that they blindly follow government orders, even if it means committing crimes against the very people there are supposed to be serving.]
Down, down, Hosni Mubarak!
Down, down, Hosni Mubarak!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016446 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016446 be strong, peaceful egypt, be strong. violence and brutality are weaker and more fearful than your hopeful vision. .~. be strong, peaceful egypt, be strong. violence and brutality are weaker and more fearful than your hopeful vision.

.~.

]]> By: dethbird http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016191 dethbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016191 well said well said

]]> By: mojoesque http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016192 mojoesque Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016192 can anyone tell us what they're chanting toward the end of the video? can anyone tell us what they’re chanting toward the end of the video?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016961 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016961 Hundreds of injuries in the streets, deaths, cars running people over. I'm sad to say that this video seems less shocking to me after seeing even worse incidents like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWOK0Lfh7w&skipcontrinter=1 Hundreds of injuries in the streets, deaths, cars running people over. I’m sad to say that this video seems less shocking to me after seeing even worse incidents like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWOK0Lfh7w&skipcontrinter=1

]]> By: gastronaut http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016470 gastronaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016470 Reminds me more of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Gang_incident or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94UJGdv1J1o In neither case did it end well for the perpetrator. Hopefully that will be the case here. Reminds me more of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Gang_incident

or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94UJGdv1J1o

In neither case did it end well for the perpetrator. Hopefully that will be the case here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016473 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016473 My God... they didn't even stop or brake at all... My God… they didn’t even stop or brake at all…

]]> By: BB http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016229 BB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016229 Fuckers. That's all I can muster. Fuckers. That’s all I can muster.

]]> By: Vasco http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016230 Vasco Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016230 1. That made me sick to my stomach. I am enraged at the thought that Western governments continue to back Mubarak and his thugs. 2. The difference between soldiers and police was made clearly evident in Cairo this week. Disciplined soldiers have had an infinite reserve of patience when dealing with lunatic despots in the government, and frustrated protestors in the street. They have stood guard in a manner that has put the actions of Western security forces during G8 and G20 summits of the last decade to shame. The police, on the other hand, have been behaving like typical police, carrying out the majority of the brutality and violence against their own fellow citizens. Soldiers protect. Police oppress. When the revolution comes, it's the army you want on your side, not the cops. 1. That made me sick to my stomach. I am enraged at the thought that Western governments continue to back Mubarak and his thugs.

2. The difference between soldiers and police was made clearly evident in Cairo this week. Disciplined soldiers have had an infinite reserve of patience when dealing with lunatic despots in the government, and frustrated protestors in the street. They have stood guard in a manner that has put the actions of Western security forces during G8 and G20 summits of the last decade to shame. The police, on the other hand, have been behaving like typical police, carrying out the majority of the brutality and violence against their own fellow citizens.

Soldiers protect. Police oppress.

When the revolution comes, it’s the army you want on your side, not the cops.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016242 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016242 These criminal Policemen will finally face justice, when the revolution is achieved. They will never return back to their normal lifes. They can just hope, that the Egyptian People will abolish the death penalty. These criminal Policemen will finally face justice, when the revolution is achieved. They will never return back to their normal lifes. They can just hope, that the Egyptian People will abolish the death penalty.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1016498 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1016498 wth! a guy got under the wheel!!! :( wth! a guy got under the wheel!!! :(

]]> By: bobthecitizen http://boingboing.net/2011/02/03/egypt-al-jazeera-vid.html#comment-1017010 bobthecitizen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017010 A sign of things to come. When was the last time you saw a US cop use a turn signal? Or get a traffic ticket even when off duty? This same casual disdain for the law by the law occurs here same as in eqypt, the lack of punishment when our cops taze, beat or shoot innocents, is what will look just like this when eventually Americans stand up for the rights being stolen from us. Remeber, most countries consider our law enforcement to be among the most corrupt in the world. Egypt today, the US tommorow? A sign of things to come. When was the last time you saw a US cop use a turn signal? Or get a traffic ticket even when off duty? This same casual disdain for the law by the law occurs here same as in eqypt, the lack of punishment when our cops taze, beat or shoot innocents, is what will look just like this when eventually Americans stand up for the rights being stolen from us.

Remeber, most countries consider our law enforcement to be among the most corrupt in the world.

Egypt today, the US tommorow?

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