Egypt shut internet down completely?

Coming from a ruler thats been in power for 30 years no wonder he did that. You need someone newer that can keep up with tech these day's.

But then again is it a bad or good thing?
 
I just read. I reckon there is going to be a revolution. Just hope they don't loot their museums. Would be a crying shame.
 
People are finally starting to realize that there is a possibility of freedom if they all stick together and organize themselves. People inspired by the overthrow of Tunisia's president recently. Mubarak, as Waco said has been in power for three decades, leaching off the resources. Supposedly in favour of democracy and openness but in reality he doesn't have a problem allowing regimes and avoiding reforms in favor of democracy. Sham democracy FTL!

I am not surprised the net was shut down. I would assume this is partly the source of the public's inspiration, organizing riots, assessing the situation from external views etc. An upside of globalization.

I see Wall Street suffered it's biggest drop in six months, yesterday.
 
Wow. Talk about totalitarianism (don't know what it means I just read it somewhere and wanted to use it). It's all about freedom of information. The US government is smart enough not to outright "cancel" the internet, not that they could in the US even if they wanted, but they have tried in various ways to make it harder to access info, to regulate what people do, etc.

Governments need to back out a bit. I think our current method of ruling is far better than it was in, say, 1500s, but there needs to be less control. That was, basically, Napoleon's gift to the world. After all his wars, the world was scared of fighting, and governments started ruling by "Just let it be". World War I reinstated wars, it reinstated control. I think if all governments, everywhere, back the *!@# out of people's lives, it'll be a much better way to go.

Regulate roads, regulate crime, yes, but other than that let people live their lives, do what they are going to do anyways, despite their retarded controls which only end up penalizing law abiding citizens anyways, and we'll all be a lot happier.

A stupid government could kill everything, and taking INTERNET out of Egypt is not only a sure way to piss off your people, it's a sure way to show that every government everywhere has way too much power.
 
What I love about governments today is that they decide how free we are. To them they think by giving a set freedom will allow us to be free. Which makes no sense at all.

Taxes are basically protection money from the government. The governments today is a schizophrenic entity that is really fucking everyone in the ass.
 
Well look at the state america is going to be in soon. America is a police state simple as that and the net is the biggest enemy to them at the moment.
 
Fuck...I have a cousin who lives in Egypt. Can't get hold of her at all though. Hope it's alright, I'd imagine it's a bit of a warzone right now though.

America will never be able to shut its internet down. EVER.
 
its so sad and so crazy. i mean Egypt isn't some random small African country, it's a well established global economy. it makes you wonder if the same could ever happen here!
 
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