I hope they can rewrite the constitution to ban parties affiliated with religous organizations if the people would support that. Without such a ban I'm afraid
there won't ever be democracy in Egypt of, by and for all the people.
I wish the people good luck-and Vulkyn keep safe!
Doug, this is precisely the wrong thing to do, as distasteful as it seems on the surface. The moment you restrict the rights of a single person, everyone is lessened to a significant degree..
The one thing I've always enjoyed about Egyptians is their insistence they are unique (which they are). Having as a long and colorful a history (as they), makes this pretty easy to understand, but don't count out the Brotherhood yet. They still have a lot of control in many areas, especially regionally and in the parliament. Elections may change this, but this is a way off yet, so you can bet the remains will try to consolidate and "morf" into a more palatable group, much like they did before the last election, which brought them into power.
I remember you suggesting they weren't as bad as I was suggesting, very early in this thread. This was before the election and before they showed what their true agenda was. Trust me, they'll do this again, like all successful political parties. They'll piss on your back and tell you it's just raining, in an attempt to win favor, votes, mask their true concepts and intentions and over come these set backs.
I truly hope you (as a nation) are done with extremists, but most thought the same when Yasser Arafat died, but look who was elected and how that's worked out for them. Of course, this is a different people, but my point is extremism can be quite enticing to some, just look at the radical right in this country. True nut jobs with insane ideas, but cleverly marketed to appeal to the scared and uninformed of the population. They'd have us turn back a 1/2 a century of social development and still folks buy the packaging.
As I previously mentioned, freedom is hard, very hard. It's a level of citizenship that requires you love those that hate you, defend those that might spit on you and tolerate those that want to destroy you. Yeah, freedom is very tough, but the rewards can be bountiful. It also takes a long time to "settle" into a workable routine. It usually takes a generation or two, simply because you have to wait for the old, hateful old guard to die off and be replaced by those that didn't live through the troubled years and most importantly have grown up with a new sense of morality.
Good to see your post Vulkyn and glad you're safe. Now, lets see Egypt 2.1 (rev.) . . .
