Comments on: Babes In Nosebags

By: irongalt

irongalt — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:27:57 +0000

If they take the canned “democracy” the US is trying to push on them, they’ll be wishing to be under Mubarak again.

Notice how the world’s governments swoop in at any hint of a revolution to make sure that it does not result in a “free territory” as Hans-Hermann Hoppe put it.

By: Frank Brady

Frank Brady — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:12:16 +0000

Progressive U.S. politicians, the mass media, and the educational establishment have been conflating “democracy” with “freedom” for considerably more than a century. Mubarak’s dictatorship is only the first casualty of the unfolding events in Egypt. Mubarak’s fall, plus the trajectory of other events in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and across northern Africa should convince even the most obtuse that the result of “democracy” is Islamic countries will be regimes that support Islam. The American people were free, not because they could vote, but because the Constitution limited government’s power over them. Perhaps today’s events will help highlight that distinction.

Another casualty is (or should be) the interventionist drive that has shaped U.S. “foreign policy” for decades. It is my humble belief that the nature and composition of future governments in Egypt, Lebanon, or anywhere outside our borders should be a matter for the inhabitants of those countries to decide. It is exactly none of our business. If some future government is stupid enough to attack us, we should deal with that event when and if it occurs.

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:29:41 +0000

Dude Myron

You don’t have to wait for the “Islamic University of Cairo.” Try Al-Azhar University.

By: George Pal

George Pal — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:09:06 +0000

The regression to the norm - Islamic Kulturkampf - apparent in the Cairo pictures can also be seen in Kabul. Seems "Everything Old Is New Again."

By: sunnyblack

sunnyblack — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:35:20 +0000

re: the added clothing over the years
well, they say it’s a religion of fleece.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:16:10 +0000

That photo essay of Cairo University women brings to mind the movie Cabaret (1972) “Willkomen” where the audience is normal looking at the beginning of the film and all decked out in uniforms and swastikas at the end of the film. Eerie.

On the topic of musicals, I would not confuse the Moslem Brotherhood with the “Brotherhood of Man”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_29IeEeZqo

Well, to the media, there’s nothing so exhilarating like a good popular uprising like the one that got rid of the big bad Shah of Iran. While I could not locate the finale of Cabaret, I did find this uplifting ditty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs5bnVoZK4Q&feature=related

Can’t wait to see the photo of the Islamic University of Cairo, 2014.