“The video and the article make a claim that a “virginity test” was conducted by Egyptian military. We are led to believe that this involves inspection of the hymen.”

That is because it is pretty clear from what the victim said that it was a medical inspection that was conducted for the “virginity test”. She said soldiers viewed the doctor examining her from behind. Come on now.

“They made us sign statements indicating that they were virgins”. Was that the extent of “TEST” or “CHECK?”.”

Clearly not. Read above. Besides, what business is it of theirs to even ask?? To imply that it is immoral of them to be anything but a virgin is terrible and humiliating to these women.

“If they were also strip searched (which is pretty standard for anyone possessing tools of anarchy I would imagine)”

Tools of anarchy eh? Didn’t you just deride CNN for making assumptions and here you go making one of your own. You reveal your motivation here.

“such a search does not necessarily include a hymen inspection.”

You are right….unless it does as she said it did. What other medical inspection could be have conducted to even pretend that he was checking for “virginity”?

“She makes no explicit claim about that.”

Yes she did. She said it was a medical inspection to determine her virginity. How apologetic can you be??

“Plus, a woman was there, and a doctor was the one who made the exclusion.”

Seriously? As long as their is a woman present (not the doctor though, nor were they even asked) it is ok to subject them to immoral medical inspections against their will in front of male soldiers???

“I find it pretty odd that the CNN video excluded her making the claim implied by the news story: “My hymen was inspected by Egyptian soldiers”. Her actual testimony falls very far short of that in this selectively edited video.”

No it doesn’t. She says VERY clearly that it was a medical inspection. Come on now. I keep making this point because you have either missed it or are purposefully ignoring it because it doesn’t support your defense of this terrible regime.

“It would be interesting to see her raw interview footage”

It is obvious to all reading your ridiculous posts that even if you DID see the actual unedited footage and it further supported what was reported you wouldn’t accept that and would simply resort to further defending the immoral actions of those soldiers.

Your motivation in defending actions like these is very clear for everyone to see.

Immoral

Terrible

Sexist

You should be ashamed to give yourself the moniker “ThinkCritically”

Peace

Please remember that this general must’ve been a general also in the old regime, and the victims of these “checks” are revolutionaries – they protested on Tahrir on March 9 to keep up pressure on the interim government.

And the interim government? It comprises largely of military men who already had a lot of power in Mubarak’s regime. The revolution managed to get rid of a dictator, but a real democracy it ain’t – yet. There’s still hope for a more complete transformation, though.

There is no post-revolution Egypt. Please don’t blame the crimes committed against revolutionaries on those same revolutionaries, based on the false belief that Egypt is now run by them. It really, really isn’t.

Fuggers are coming out of the woodwork these days, it seems. Like the filthy roaches they emulate, they are proving almost impossible to eradicate.

Consider:
1. Western police use taser’s (and sometimes death) on civil protestors.
2. Western forces (including the CIA) admitted to using torture
3. The context: Egypt was being ripped apart in a US funded uprising.
4. These women were not civil protestors, but were domestic terrorists.
5. Anyone who is arrested for any semi-serious offense may be subject to a strip search/cavity search, and of course are photographed.
6. Western police brutalize and charge citizens for dancing!

And now the effect:
1. Western citizens can feel comforted that their country sabotaged yet another sovereign nation.
2. Bye bye Sinai peninsula for Egypt!

They will be non-raped every week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0

The video and the article make a claim that a “virginity test” was conducted by Egyptian military. We are led to believe that this involves inspection of the hymen.

From the Video Women’s Claim: “They made us sign statements indicating that they were virgins”. Was that the extent of “TEST” or “CHECK?”.

If they were also strip searched (which is pretty standard for anyone possessing tools of anarchy I would imagine), such a search does not necessarily include a hymen inspection. She makes no explicit claim about that. Plus, a woman was there, and a doctor was the one who made the exclusion.

I find it pretty odd that the CNN video excluded her making the claim implied by the news story: “My hymen was inspected by Egyptian soldiers”. Her actual testimony falls very far short of that in this selectively edited video.

It would be interesting to see her raw interview footage.

1. This person is not just an former Egyptian national who is a general of the

Let me know when you are done typing.

Consider:
1. Western police use taser’s (and sometimes death) on civil protestors.

Ok, not sure what this has to do with the article but go on…

2. Western forces (including the CIA) admitted to using torture

See above…

3. The context: Egypt was being ripped apart in a US funded uprising.

Ah, Egyptians are too weak too lead their own protests so it must be the US behind it. Funny how the US was reluctant to speak up most of the time due to paranoia about the Muslim Brotherhood and our buddies in Israel wanted the status quo.

4. These women were not civil protestors, but were domestic terrorists.

Huh? Did the tinfoil hat slip off? Are you getting info directly from Al-Qaeda?

5. Anyone who is arrested for any semi-serious offense may be subject to a strip search/cavity search, and of course are photographed.

Are you talking about Egypt? And what constitutes “semi-serious”? Attending a protest is grounds for a hymen inspection?

6. Western police brutalize and charge citizens for dancing!

Oh right, I saw that in Footloose also.

And now the effect:
1. Western citizens can feel comforted that their country sabotaged yet another sovereign nation.

Yes, nothing is more satisfying that destroying a nation by supporting the grassroots overthrow of a decades old corrupt autocrat.

2. Bye bye Sinai peninsula for Egypt!

Ummmm, not sure what the Sinai has to do with this. I’m pretty sure that matter was settled in the Egypt-Israeli peace treaty many years ago. You just sort of pulled that one out of your hoo-ha didn’t you?

If the Egyptian military officially confirms the story, or you’re otherwise presented with whatever you consider adequate evidence that this happened, how will you react? Will you still support the military’s treatment of these protesters that you – for reasons unexplained – consider “domestic terrorists?

Wha-wha-what?

yeah…. I don’t think the revolution there is done yet.

Oh, well, I guess its ok then.

Who is this general again? What’s his name? Can we find out? Is he typical of the military in the post-revolution Egypt? Do they really pay their army to put their fingers up girl’s vaginas?

Maybe it’s just me, but that seems kinda wrong.

….. So. Not. Working. For. Me.

A’tall.

“We didn’t want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren’t virgins in the first place,” the general said. “None of them were (virgins).”

Announcement to all male relatives of women who protested and were arrested: your female chattel has shamed you by whoring around…so whaddya gonna do about it, huh?

Out of the frying pan and into the fire – Mubarak has been deposed, and power has been given to his long obedient military.

THAT’S what makes me sad. The revolutionaries are heroes, and I hope they don’t give up or become complacent.