Comments on: An Egyptian Revolutionary Tribunal?

By: Theodor Lauppert

Theodor Lauppert — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:32:39 +0000

Just get rid of the question marks:

http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/revengesour.html

By: Rob Stove

Rob Stove — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:07:53 +0000

Hmmm, that URL doesn’t seem to have turned out properly. Here’s the correct one, I believe. Anyhow, the relevant essay is quite easy to find via Google.

http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/revengesour.htm?l

By: Rob Stove

Rob Stove — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:06:38 +0000

Orwell’s essay “Revenge is Sour” seems apposite to the whole notion of “victors’ justice.” A quote:

“It is said that when Mussolini’s corpse was exhibited in public, an old woman drew a revolver and fired five shots into it, exclaiming, ‘Those are for my five sons!’ It is the kind of story that the newspapers make up, but it might be true. I wonder how much satisfaction she got out of those five shots, which, doubtless, she had dreamed years earlier of firing. The condition of her being able to get close enough to Mussolini to shoot at him was that he should be a corpse.”

http://www.resort.com/~pri?me8/Orwell/revengesour.htm?l

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:05:06 +0000

I see the Egyptian revolution as part of the “destruction of Civilization” thing. At the height of the protests, the protestors were promising to have a million people in the square. The best they could muster was under two hundred and fifty thousand. The rest of the country was working. The country fell because the US lent its support to the rebels. That hasn’t worked for Libya so far. Funny how it was only going to be a few days, now months and today it is off the screen completely. Did we win? I think the Liberals worldwide have begun stirring things up in a copy of the 1930’s. Hitler got control of the German economy in 1937-or 1938. Obama just got control of the US economy today. Hitler had to build an army, ours is prepacked. I don’t know what all this is leading up to; but, we’re in for some interesting times, I think.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:14:07 +0000

Always a good opportunity to watch one of my favorites, the 1935 “Tale of Two Cities” and be thankful for quaint old English law. Mubarak should have had the good sense to get out of the country – but it is hard to shed tears for the old tyrant. The people want their circus of blood to boost their spirits until Egypt gets stabilized with a newer dictatorship (but it could be worse – one could have a 1000 mob Somalia).

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:13:55 +0000

Just two notes:

1. “reasonable” should be “reasonably” in second sentence of first post.

2. This LINK will add to the discussion / Comments:

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/04/a-caged-mubarak-in-the-dock/

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:47:30 +0000

I wonder who the Egyptian “Robespierre and Jacobins” will be? Will there be, after, I’m reasonable sure, Mubarak’s execution or lifetime imprisonment, an Egyptian Reign of Terror? Then when things are at their worst, who will arise as the Egyptian “Napoleon”?

I hope this and the other “B-MOVIES” in the M.E. would hurry and play themselves out so the U.S. can extract our troops, cut all foreign aid, and revamp our entire world view that we can save everyone and every country from all calamities, man-made or otherwise.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:26:20 +0000

What a mess. Just another reason for us not to get involved in the Muslim world. Mubarek was a bad dude but he was our bad dude. If anybody is looking for Roy Rogers or Gene Autry they had better not be looking in the middle East. This thing will be a farce and the Muslim Brotherhood will immediately lead jihad against the United States and Israel. I guess that’s OK. After all Obama hates the United States and Israel so our new brothers in the desert will be right at home.