Will The Revolution Is Egypt Result In More Freedom Or Less Freedom?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. right now it seems to be a toss up

[Robb]

2. +1

[provis99]

3. less freedom. A Muslim Brotherhood fundamentalist dictatorship.

[gateley]

13. Do we know they're fundamentalist? nt

[cali]

17. yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. I also know that there will be a power struggle

and they are not a consensus of the majority of Egyptians.
Vocal yes

Who knows....you might see a Robespierre or a Washington or Cicero might emerge

I do know this........ that there are major hidden powers playing games
that will corrupt the people's will for their own gain and that includes
the most powerful ........ yes, the corporatist, CIA and even
the Saudis and Iranians.



Btw.... Robespierre hated the death penalty and really just let power destroy him

Self determination?

Money talks.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Freedom is just a word

with nothing left to lose.


Freedom is a bogus term.

[onehandle]

5. I hate you for your freedoms.

Ok, I'm jealous of your freedoms. Can I borrow a cup?

It's a liquid, right?

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. No freedom is what Americans have

No one else is free like they are.... I thought you knew that?

Corporations have no control over your 'freedoms'
and the supreme court backs that up!!!

George Bush said we are the most free..est people on the planet
Banks and Wall Street are free!
Capitalism is Free
The media is Free


Controls are just secondary.
Which is the real question.

[johnroshan]

6. More freedom! Absolutely!

I don't think the Muslim Brotherhood freaks will be able to take over. The young section of the population is too secular minded for such fundamentalist crap.

[Better Believe It]

7. Too early to say but it's difficult to have less freedom when one has no freedom and democracy

[ipaint]

8. Their fear is gone, they already are "more free". nt

[tekisui]

15. Well said.

[MineralMan]

9. Other: Too early to tell.

Ask again in six months.

[TBF]

20. +1 nt

[Fleming]

Less, the vacuum left by Mubarak will NOT be filled by

the young disaffected demonstrators on the streets today. The so-called revolution will be hijacked by different strongmen, it's almost inevitable.

[barbiegeek]

10. They have Europeans, Christians & Athetist there

Women can get a divorce, they are not forced to wear Burkas, and can Vote.

Egypt was ruled by Rome for a 1,000 years. The West is very strong there.

[steelmania75]

11. If Mohamed ElBaradei becomes Egypt's next leader, then yes.

Can't go wrong with a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

[LongTomH]

14. It can go either way!

It's too soon to reach a conclusion.

[Imagevision]

16. Now your sounding like Chris Mathews...

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Well....... I was just checking if anyone

else noticed........LOL

He's so deep.....

[upi402]

18. Muslim Brotherhood sounds pretty vocal and activist

Don't know, but pundits make it sound like they may have a dominant say. I bet the current gang will have to go,one way or the other. No turning back it seems.

ElBaradei won the Nobel but so did Obama - and he's not 'of the people' one tiny bit! So... ?

[Ken Burch]

21. There's no freedom in Egypt now.

Women not wearing headscarves has nothing to do with "Freedom". The secret police torturing people are the real issue.

[markpkessinger]

23. Revolutions are inhereintly risky

A particular revolution may well be justified on moral, humanitarian,philosophical and political grounds, but regardless of how right and just it may be, there is never a guarantee of success. Unfortunately, if you look at the history of revolutionary movements, success is more the exception than the rule. All too often, revolutionary movements that begin authentically wind up being co-opted by subgroups of a population whose agenda may be less than altruistic.

That said, if the people feel they need to revolt, i wish them every success.

[pampango]

24. Revolutions are worth it, even though second or third revolutions are required if

the first one doesn't achieve the results you wanted. The alternative of telling people to just live with poverty and repression is hardly an acceptable alternative anyway.