I've only watched news coverage of the protests in Egypt once and I was almost immediately dismayed by the lens of 'Americanism' through which this event is being portrayed. As if 'commentators' in America are somehow better equipped to perceive this situation than are the people on the streets of Cairo right now. It's kind of sickening. So I stick to news articles.
Perhaps it is a weakness of mine, but I can't seem to find a place in this event for my own country's best interest. I wish nothing but success for the protesters in Egypt. They have my support and my admiration.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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