[High Praise! to The Gormogons]
what hope is there for freedom in cultures that don’t necessarily reject freedom of speech, but can’t even conceive of it?
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the typical Egyptian protestor is as unswayed by discussions of the range of acceptable free speech as a badger would be impressed by your algebra homework
I recommend the whole thing.
From the link:
“We think that we are reassuring them we want to be friends. The psychology there is different: they see it was a dare, or a challenge. Go ahead and pop us in the mouth, the messages say, we can take it. Do your worst!
OK, here it comes!”
(The bit that’s missing from this administration is the bit where we take their best shot, shake it off, and say, “Now it’s my turn!”. (Bluto’s Big Speech – Animal House)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=q7vtWB4owdE&NR=1 (NSFW)
They’re more like the yuppie frat boys in the movie who just said, “Thank you sir! May I have another?”.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTafRh8hL3k
“the typical Egyptian protestor is as unswayed by discussions of the range of acceptable free speech as C) a badger would be impressed by your algebra homework ”
This should be the correct answer on the 2013 SAT test.
The Mideast can change. After all, Nippon changed to Japan after August, 1945. Problem is, we would have to change the Mideast the same way we changed Japan and we have neither a Harry Truman, nor a Bull Halsey or a Doug MacArthur. And we lost the men who would take that little walk through the lagoon at Tarawa.
So, yes, the Mideast can change, if only we had the national will to change it.
the Middle East is doomed because Obama is on their side