Comments on: Egypt: Bloggers Behind Bars? http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/02/22/egypt-bloggers-behind-bars/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Curtis http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/02/22/egypt-bloggers-behind-bars/#comment-3287 Curtis Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:13:55 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/02/22/egypt-bloggers-behind-bars/#comment-3287 Thanks for your comment, PG. I hope that many Egyptians will be inspired by <i>your</i> great example. Blogistan is global, last time I checked. It is really difficult and painful to imagine the possibility of being prosecuted for one's words in a weblog, and yet it is a reality for many people every day. Thanks for your comment, PG. I hope that many Egyptians will be inspired by your great example. Blogistan is global, last time I checked. It is really difficult and painful to imagine the possibility of being prosecuted for one’s words in a weblog, and yet it is a reality for many people every day.

]]> By: peoplesgeography http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/02/22/egypt-bloggers-behind-bars/#comment-3283 peoplesgeography Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:25:40 +0000 http://cantseetheforest.org/2007/02/22/egypt-bloggers-behind-bars/#comment-3283 Hear, hear and sensitively put re the lessons it can teach all of us, especially when we take these freedoms for granted as ubiquitous. As blogger Amr Ghabeia says, the blogosphere will not be contained, wherever we might be geographically located. Mubarak's regime won't be taken to task of course; as Doug over at Doug's Darkworld quips about Mubarak being called a dictator: "Silly blogger, if a country is a US ally the proper term is “President for Life.” What was he thinking?" Now if it was a blogger in <i>Iran</i> ... Hear, hear and sensitively put re the lessons it can teach all of us, especially when we take these freedoms for granted as ubiquitous.

As blogger Amr Ghabeia says, the blogosphere will not be contained, wherever we might be geographically located.

Mubarak’s regime won’t be taken to task of course; as Doug over at Doug’s Darkworld quips about Mubarak being called a dictator:

“Silly blogger, if a country is a US ally the proper term is “President for Life.” What was he thinking?”

Now if it was a blogger in Iran …

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