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I feel like we have to work on->
- cutting annual taxes,(forget HST fight; its not really a big problem: do some research; we all benefit from Harmonized tax)
- lowering gas prices,
- approving unlimited internet bandwidth !!
Go Canada! we need real democracy here; not (what I call) `socialistic-democracy` government we currently have to deal with... =(
.......wtf? You're a freshman in college aren't you?
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thenewgirl and other people, thinking the US should get involved.
Why would the US or any other country get involved in a domestic affair? Is any other country getting hurt? Invading, and helping out would be devastating. Ruining a country's sovereignty and hurting their government's reputation would not get them anywhere.
The government thru its policies virtually had taken the people's livelihoods away. It doesn't really matter what country it is, if the majority of the people can't feed their family, u bet they will revolt. Canadians arent pussies. We have it good here and the bullshit that the government throws at us r peanuts compared to what's going on in the Arab countries now. If one day our PM made it so that we can no longer feed ourselves, same thing will happen here. Posted via RS Mobile
So basically he forced his entire government to resign.
Isn't that just showing his country exactly what they are protesting about? his absolute dominance in the politics of the country.
I don't really see a point in what he did other than keeping his place, but ultimately taking the problem further... anybody have another view they care to share?
Internet is not completely down. There are ways to get around the block like dial up. Basically using a phone modem and connecting to ISP in an another country.
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Internet is not completely down. There are ways to get around the block like dial up. Basically using a phone modem and connecting to ISP in an another country.
Cell phone towers were shut off (I am getting word that's coming back shortly - although Internet will remain offline). Land lines are still available, although they are intermittent and sometimes lines get crossed, but it just takes a few tries.
I just want to clear a few things said in this thread.
- The Pyramids has nothing to do with what is going on. This about the freedom of the people. Almost 60 million people are struggling to put food on the table and are NOW living below the poverty line.
- deep87 Saying people blowing themselves up for their beliefs. Also false, this is not about religion, this is about people's living conditions and what they have suffered in the last three decades.
- Military VS. Police ... People of Egypt are abused and tortured daily by the police and we've always been afraid of standing up to them. Until now. The police forces are under the control of Muburak - And that is why the protesters were more respectful to the presence of the military during these protests.
- "Canada is pussy" - again that is false. If the people here in Vancouver were ever treated the way Egyptians have been treated for 28 years - the same uproar would arise on the downtown streets and all over.
- "Egypt outside of the tourist centres is not a nice place to live." Not anymore it is not. I was born and raised in Cairo and have lived in Alexandria as well. When I got the opportunity to move here, I took it in a heart beat. Living conditions were tough 13 years ago, and it's gotten plenty worse since then.
This day ahead of us will be the most important day yet - the people can't stand down now and must keep on pushing forward. Even with the threats of arrests and violence that the government is hinting at. This is now or never for us to bring down this regime.
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it was on the al-jazeera live feed they were showing cairo at 8am local time and they were saying/showing how everything was back to normal this was 3hrs ago
People have to sleep, they can't riot 24/7. When daybreaks, they will be out in the streets again, in fact they are already out in the streets. So not true when you say there are no riots today, when the day has just started over there...
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