Comments on: Bahrain: in protest crackdown, regime appears to have tightened internet filtering http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html#comment-1030162 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030162 Posting from Bahrain: nope, they're still working. The tough thing was that teh internets here were always pretty slow (I couldn't upload to Vimeo back in December). Posting from Bahrain: nope, they’re still working. The tough thing was that teh internets here were always pretty slow (I couldn’t upload to Vimeo back in December).

]]> By: Rick York http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html#comment-1030427 Rick York Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030427 I know I may sound cynical but, I hope no one is surprised. Egypt and Tunisia were miracles. Both Tunisia and Egypt have at least half a century of secular traditions. They are unlikely to be repeated for quite a while. Their respective militaries recognized quite quickly that their own interests no longer coincided with Ben Ali and Mubarak First, one needs to recognize that the "royal" rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and their ilk really believe in their Divine Right to rule. Their militaries and police are utterly beholden to the ruling families. The Burmese military is the same. Ahmadinejad and the clerics running Iran believe they are sanctioned by their God. And, unfortunately, the Greens there do not represent the majority. Likewise, the military and security apparati are totally creatures of their clerical rulers. When - not if - these rulers fall, so will the security forces. But not without furious and extensive bloodshed. China, Burma and now Bahrain demonstrate that when the establishment is willing to kill their own citizens, they will win - in the short term. I know I may sound cynical but, I hope no one is surprised. Egypt and Tunisia were miracles. Both Tunisia and Egypt have at least half a century of secular traditions. They are unlikely to be repeated for quite a while. Their respective militaries recognized quite quickly that their own interests no longer coincided with Ben Ali and Mubarak

First, one needs to recognize that the “royal” rulers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and their ilk really believe in their Divine Right to rule. Their militaries and police are utterly beholden to the ruling families. The Burmese military is the same.

Ahmadinejad and the clerics running Iran believe they are sanctioned by their God. And, unfortunately, the Greens there do not represent the majority. Likewise, the military and security apparati are totally creatures of their clerical rulers. When – not if – these rulers fall, so will the security forces. But not without furious and extensive bloodshed.

China, Burma and now Bahrain demonstrate that when the establishment is willing to kill their own citizens, they will win – in the short term.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html#comment-1030282 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030282 Ah, it makes me once more proud of my Great British heritage of selling arms to anyone with money: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/17/bahrain-crackdown-uk-arms-sales Well of course, if we didn't do it, someone else would. So that's alright then. Ah, it makes me once more proud of my Great British heritage of selling arms to anyone with money:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/17/bahrain-crackdown-uk-arms-sales

Well of course, if we didn’t do it, someone else would. So that’s alright then.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html#comment-1030041 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030041 Its looking more and more likely that the upcoming Formula 1 race in Bahrain will be cancelled. Can't say I shall shed many tears for either Bernie Ecclestone or the Bahraini organisers. Its looking more and more likely that the upcoming Formula 1 race in Bahrain will be cancelled.

Can’t say I shall shed many tears for either Bernie Ecclestone or the Bahraini organisers.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2011/02/17/bahrain-in-protest-c.html#comment-1030593 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1030593 However, unlike Burma and China, we have our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet#Composition">5th Fleet based in Bahrain. </a> However, unlike Burma and China, we have our 5th Fleet based in Bahrain.

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