Mario Piperni
“We will not be silenced, whether you’re a Christian, whether you’re a Muslim, whether you’re an atheist, you will demand your goddamn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or another! We will never be silenced!”
We live on a planet where almost 2 billion of its inhabitants live and die under the rule of dictators, a group of which there is no shortage. Foreign Policy estimates there are at least 40 dictators in the world today.
…the cost of all that despotism has been stultifying. Millions of lives have been lost, economies have collapsed, and whole states have failed under brutal repression. And what has made it worse is that the world is in denial. The end of the Cold War was also supposed to be the “End of History” — when democracy swept the world and repression went the way of the dinosaurs. Instead, Freedom House reports that only 60 percent of the world’s countries are democratic — far more than the 28 percent in 1950, but still not much more than a majority. And many of those aren’t real democracies at all, ruled instead by despots in disguise while the world takes their freedom for granted. As for the rest, they’re just left to languish.
I’m one of those who has always taken his freedom for granted. I’ve never lived under an oppressive regime and I do not know what it feels like to march in protest to rid myself of a dictator who has ruthlessly suppressed my rights.
It is with that thought in mind that I watched the video below shot by a young Egyptian. It’s gone viral but if you haven’t yet seen it, do so.
You’ll find it difficult to not be moved by it.
I’m Egyptian man and i love my country without the rule of a man wants to rule us all his life and then his son takes the rule after him,
that’s not a republic, its “Dictatorship”.
i refuse it and I’ll make my demands for a clean government clear of :
- Corruption
- Terror
- Suppression
i want “Mubarak” to leave and a Transition government take the rule till the Elections time in September so we can choose the right man to rule Egypt and clear it from all the Corruption,Terror and Suppression
and to fight it and give all the people their rights
to help every Egyptian live with dignity and honor.
HeshamHamad, thank you for posting in the comment section.
Your statement seems to echo the sentiment of the majority of Egyptians.
Thanks for taking the time to tell us your feelings about your country and it’s political predicament. I, for one am a supporter of your efforts and apparently the majority of Americans feel the same way.
I wish you well. I am certain you will get the Democracy you and your fellow Egyptians are fighting for.