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“Maybe We Don’t Deserve Our Rights”

Egyptian Sandmonkey after a bad night in Cairo:

Where does the government, the corrupt ministers, the ruthless SS officers and their soldiers come from? Aren’t they egyptians? Don’t they come from egyptian families and households? Aren’t they born and raised here like the rest of us? Well, what does that exactly say about us?

Whether we like it or not, the government is a reflection of the people. So if the government is ruthless, corrupt and dictatorial, what does that say about the people? What does it say about the parents of the police officers that order their soldiers to beat up and sexually assault women? What does it say about the families of those corrupt government officials who sign away our future and that of our children for a bunch of dirty money? What does it say about a nation that produces such a government, and accepts it, even as it plunders the country and enslaves its people?

Maybe the government is right: Maybe we don’t deserve Democracy. Maybe we don’t deserve our rights. Maybe we deserve everything that happens to us. We, as people, seem to lack the sense of self-respect and dignity that makes the human being demand his/her right, so how do we expect the government to respect us or give us those rights? We clearly don’t deserve them. We clearly deserve to have our rights stolen, our friends imprisoned, and our women assaulted. Cause, otherwise, how would you explain how accepting we are of those things?

Maybe we don’t deserve any better.

For the first time ever, I will go to sleep feeling utter hatred and disdain for my countrymen, while my heart weeps silently for my country!

I hope that none of you, ever, gets to experience that feeling! 

I don’t want to think he’s right, but he’s the one in the middle of it. If you want to know what he’s talking about, you’re just going to have to read the whole thing. 

Topics: middle east

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:12 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2007

3 Responses to ““Maybe We Don’t Deserve Our Rights””

1. TBinSTL Says:
   March 27th, 2007 at 1:20 am

   I’ve been reading his blog for some time and am not surprised by all this. I’m just surprised that the left is not celebrating in the streets as I’ve read the comments they have left on his site.

2. The_Real_JeffS Says:
   March 27th, 2007 at 2:53 am

   Depotism marches on, alas.

3. saltydog Says:
   March 27th, 2007 at 3:51 am

   Our tax dollars at work.

   I often wonder how long it will be before we see the same kind of thing here.

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