A wake up call !!

It is very easy to be an elitist and here are a few steps that you need to take to confirm yourself as one:

Step 1: Look down and belittle any opinion that does not coincide with yours
Step 2: Do not under any circumstance attempt to research or understand what your oponent has to say
Step 3: Attack any opinion varying to yours at face value; don't bother going deep
Step 4: Keep sulking about how other people do not understand nor appreciate the perils we are rushing full speed into

While doing all of the above and in order to reinforce your position use quotes that are out of context and great dreamy songs or Utube videos to make your points or better still examples that do not in anyway comply with our situation. If people get the symbolism well and good; if they don't then they are simply not up to par and deserve none of your efforts to elevate them.


Let us all sober up; we are living history in the making and we need to live up to those times. Remember and recall all the history that you have read; it was always tainted with blood and attrocities until the good prevailed and in hindsight there was always injustice. So yes human development and strife includes and involves a lot of pain and everything has a price particularly freedom which is simply "priceless".

Instead of refuting the Muslim Brotherhood let us try to understand what they are calling for; not adopt it but comprehend it so we are able to critique it. But even before we critique it we may persevere to find the common grounds. This is the smart approach because when we are finished identifying the common grounds we may be pleasantly surprised that the differences are limited and negotiable. I am mentioning the MB namely since they seem to be the most powerful force in the Egyptian political scene currently but I believe that this should be applied to all players (and am also mentioning them to have some of you shiver!!!). I really wish us to pressure the liberals to sit with the MB and forge an allignment that would lead this country during its rebirth. A deal needs to be done and the whole world of politics play by these rules. In the UK the SDP which was an offshoot of the Labour party is now in government with the Tory's; politics is a game with no boundaries (not suggesting any breach of ethics here!!).

Having acknowledged that the Islamists are more powerful on the street scene  with the ignorant and poor commoners (that again the Egyptian intellegentsia looks condescently upon while frowning); what are we all doing about it except dreading what is to come in the comfort of our living rooms' sofas: NOTHING. We need to learn our lessons from what happened in the referundum; when a "considerable" some of us voiced a "NO" we ended up with an end result that addressed us all; an incomplete one to some of us I conquer but definitely more than what the pessimists expected. Let me remind you that most of the adamant "NO" voters were die-harders for the 1971 constitution to be abolished; well it is gone !!! I know that now some of us are scrutinizing the constitutional declaration and demanding more (some of the points currently in fashion where not on the original menu of requests though).

A lot among us are exercising what I deem "the dictatorship of the minority". By sitting in place and demanding what they wish for being adhered to without question and without it being the call of the majority. So by thinking some of us know better by virtue of education or social class we are falling into the trap of tagging and labelling others and their consequent opinions. We have been seeing a lot of faces in the media that are actually quite impressive and had they not been identified with a certain line of thought or the other we may have been more accepting ; or may be for some if they heard them on radio without an introduction they would have voted for them.

 I am calling that we become more proactive and that we first undersatnd and comprehend what we have been lead to refuse without thought or study. Again this is not a call to join them but the smart way is to understand your foe (if they are foes) in order that you compete with them.

I am also suggesting that we discuss the real issues and drop the ones that are simply dogma. Article 2 of the consititution will not be changed and that is no breaking news. And surprise surprise: a copt and a woman can be candidates for presidancy according to the current constitutional declaration;  we cannot decree that they also have to be elected; can we now? You know may be if we over discuss these issues we may end up toughening things on ourselves. Let us ponder on that thought; over discussion sometimes leads to adverse results.

We need to adapt to what is coming not fight it. Let us accept that there is going to be an election soon and work towards that. Work and not give up while acknowledging that we may not be prepared for it nor shall our wishlist be delivered in its entirity; but it is our duty to make our voice heard and to have an imapct. Even if we are a minority we should make sure our voices get there share with vibrance and of weight. This way whoever comes to power will have us a s a force to reckon with. To all those who cite the Turkish model as one to follow or adhere to please note that the Islamists over there are always sober to the liberals being ready and strong as an opposition force.
In a democracy the opposition is as important as the ruling party; we have suffered for years because of lack of representation and non existance of an opposition so let us not allow it to happen again.Strong opposition make democracies flourish.

Now if you have read that far I wish to share with you that I don't believe that the islamists will have an overwhelming majority and that I believe that Egypt will have a lot of power sharing in the coming 4 years which I also believe that will be very healthy for the country or the new republic of Egypt in its first years so let us attempt to make it happen. That is conditional on no one being passive. I just wrote all of the above to plead with you all to be proactive and not let history pass you by while you are sulking.

Look at it this way we have all proven to be Romeo's (with Egypt being our Juliet) but suicide is not an option this time around; we have to be happily married to our long lost love that we have just regained; it is up to us to make it happen

I wrote this post in Engish to appeal to all my ellitist friends; it is a shame that my French is no good!!!!!!