the bad thing is that HM stole $50 billion from the citizens of Egypt..and the USA does nothing and UN does nothing
Hosni Mubarak finally steps down
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#23I'm very happy for Egyptian people. People of Egypt deserve a better leader, a better government. The guy who said 'I am ready to die' yesterday on CNN almost made me cry. Thats the spirit, and that spirit deserved a victory which they finally achieved. I hope the same happens for other nations that have been held under dictatorship for decades.
Let's hope that is what they get.
They've set an example on how to do a peaceful revolution. They've earned the right to choose their own government.
Now, they'll have to learn from their choices, good and bad ones!
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#24"The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination to hold on to it. That apparent power has, again and again, proved vulnerable to human qualities less measurable than bombs and dollars: moral fervor, determination, unity, organization, sacrifice, wit, ingenuity, courage, patience."
- Howard Zinn
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#25Mubarak handing power to the army probably means that the regime lives on, Mubarak's just not in charge of it anymore. Egypt's issues aren't settled now, this is only a step and it remains to be seen if real, true, democratic change is going to happen.
True. But there is an election coming up next. Now they have just began, Tunisia has just began too. There is an opportunity here since media will be opened (it already opened in Tunisia) and also the doors for true opponents. It's time to guard the election and ensure that the right one is elected. We have just began, and I hope everything will be fine.
Many Egyptians were talking about having a constitutional convention to decide what sort of government they want. Perhaps it will acknowledge inalienable rights reserved to the people for example.
Hopefully that will be the next step, anything less than starting from scratch with their government is going to leave the old system and those who gained power from it in place.
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#26Reminds of 1989 here in Germany! Congratulation Egypt!
Which began in 1980 in Poland
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
The carnival has actually been there for days now...
Not like this, there's a reporter from the BBC tweeting how the streets going to the square are all packed, and palpable joy is everywhere. Watch the video stream if you can, it's uplifting to see. It's more than just the anticipation of celebration, it's the pure and unadulterated celebration and the carnival atmosphere associated with that. Just put it into perspective, a dictator that most have lived under all the…
>highest concentration of pure happiness and elation on this planet
Very well said. This is just fantastic. I hope the Egyptian people get everything they're hoping for. How exciting!
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#28I'm very happy for Egyptian people. People of Egypt deserve a better leader, a better government. The guy who said 'I am ready to die' yesterday on CNN almost made me cry. Thats the spirit, and that spirit deserved a victory which they finally achieved. I hope the same happens for other nations that have been held under dictatorship for decades.
Let's hope that is what they get.
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#29Watching Al Jazeera's live stream and they had one of their journalists on the phone from the square. She expressed excitement and delight that Mubarak was gone. The host guy back in the studio pointed out the journalist on the phone had been impartial up until now, and basically apologised for her expressing her opinion. I thought that was pretty classy.
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#30When do we get to see who is really in power now? It's hilarious to me that all the pictures of the 1-10 powers in Egypt are grainy screengrabs from old TV programs.