tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post1580657717331658081..comments2023-08-29T09:01:57.436+01:00Comments on Musings of a Durotrigan: Will Mubarak go, will Mubarak stay? Should he, or shouldn’t he?Durotriganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-14090685218531532642011-01-30T18:06:12.825+00:002011-01-30T18:06:12.825+00:00Your remark about the absence of 'long beards&...Your remark about the absence of 'long beards' at the time of the Iranian Revolution is a pertinent one. Alas, I think that it is pretty much a case of wishful thinking on the journalist's part (was it Jeremy Bowen by any chance?) that this uprising will lead to a flourishing pluralist democracy. I just don't see it happening, although I would love to be proved wrong.Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657878812884081988.post-15615505636702090742011-01-30T17:47:35.611+00:002011-01-30T17:47:35.611+00:00I noted how a BBC TV journalist in a report from ...I noted how a BBC TV journalist in a report from Cairo on the riotous anti-Mubarek crowds embellished his barely suppressed enthusiasm for their 'revolution' by remarking that there were few in the crowds with long beards or fundamentalist islamic dress. I took this to infer that we should all be supportive of the political unrest. Obviously , it was just another example of a liberal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com