Posts by Christiaan
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It's worth noting that there will be another people who will gain hugely from the fall of Mubarak: the Palestinians. If Mubarak falls the siege of Gaza will be over too.
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Talk of Twitter revolutions have been overblown but Gladwell underestimated the utility of these tools. This is definitely a revolution of the people but they've been highly organised, making good use of Twitter and Facebook.
It will be interesting to see what Gladwell makes of this uprising (and hopefully revolution). Some of the arguments he used in his piece in the New Yorker haven't been the case here. It's relatively easy to follow feeds and get information from the street, many of which are in both Egyptian Arabic and English. And you can see organisers and journalists using it to talk to each other and swap news, including between cities.
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ElBaradei doesn't seem popular on the street. When he talked at Tahrir Square there were protesters heckling him, accusing him of a hijack. And anything short of Mubarak first standing down could be a disaster. As noted by @Alaa, "just to be clear kids who tried to invade MOI are convinced if regime doesn't fall and they go home they will be hunted one by one." (MOI: Ministry of Information)
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Some good Twitter feeds to follow: @monaeltahaw, @alaa, @monaeltahaw, @NickKristof, @Ssirgany, @Sarahcarr, @waelabbas, @DannyRamadan
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Legal Beagle: Coalition of Losers, in reply to Conan McKegg,
Democracy isn't majority rule - it is fair representation.
It would be more accurate to say "representative democracy isn't majority rule - it is fair representation." It's worth being precise because we need to remember that representative democracy isn't the only form, let alone the highest.
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a clear two-party group – ideally with meaningful crossover in their general policy direction – can much more easily claim the indirect public mandate needed for political legitimacy than can a politically-diverse multi-party grouping.
Not necessarily. The more diverse and the larger the group the more legitimate in my mind. I'd also rather see an end to major parties, with more medium size parties that can represent more diverse interests.
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So who are these "senior Defence officials" that have been spying for the U.S.?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4475134/Clark-bowed-to-sending-Iraq-troops
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Well I’ve just read through the comments on that post you linked to Boganette and perhaps that’s what you meant me to do earlier. I’m sorry to hear you speak from experience on this Craig.
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I think you should both be ashamed of yourselves and I hope you're embarrassed this thread is here for all to read.
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All you've done is accuse me of being a liar, a troll and a mansplain. And now your sidekick is accusing me of a being a fucking rape apologist. The last thing you've been is civil.