Revolution in Tunisia

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#1 lordreaven
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This caught me by suprise today. My hats off to the Tunisian people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh3TqJ7ILIQ

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#2 Davulao
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Arrrggg 15 min long:(.........

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#3 lordreaven
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Arrrggg 15 min long:(.........

Davulao

sorry, but this seems to be spreadingto other countries according to the video. Algeria might be next.

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Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

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#5 lordreaven
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Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

sosodat

Well, people have tried already to spark a reveloution in the same way, but haven't been successful yet.

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And Sudan is on the brink of a civil war due to recent pushes for democracy. The Arab world is in a major tumult right now and nobody seems to know about it.
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#7 weezyfb
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revolution isnt always good
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Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

sosodat
The chances of regime change in Saudi Arabia at the moment are almost zero.
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[QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

Danm_999

The chances of regime change in Saudi Arabia at the moment are almost zero.

That's because they're allies of the US of A...

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#10 Danm_999
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[QUOTE="Danm_999"][QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

Blaminator1221

The chances of regime change in Saudi Arabia at the moment are almost zero.

That's because they're allies of the US of A...

That, and because they have truly ridiculous funds at their disposal. A lot of dissent in Saudi Arabia is eliminated through insane subsidies and social welfare.
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I think it is good that the people threw out Ben Ali. He was just another US supplied dictator.
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#12 sosodat
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[QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

lordreaven

Well, people have tried already to spark a reveloution in the same way, but haven't been successful yet.

Lol Cairo has 7.8 million people in it, Alexandria has like 4.1 million trust me if they wanted a revolution they would have done one, the fear they have is that they dont know where the revolution will take them, if you take a look at iran even though the people wanted a revolution and probably still to this day respect if not honor that revolution they still have alot of problems because of western governments sanctions on what the Iranian people want, its not that the revolution failed its that sanctions can easily change a nations way of thinking so even though iran felt like they got rid of a cruel dictator now they have to deal with the weight of alot of economically powerfull governments

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#13 lordreaven
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[QUOTE="sosodat"]

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

[QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

Well, people have tried already to spark a reveloution in the same way, but haven't been successful yet.

Lol Cairo has 7.8 million people in it, Alexandria has like 4.1 million trust me if they wanted a revolution they would have done one, the fear they have is that they dont know where the revolution will take them, if you take a look at iran even though the people wanted a revolution and probably still to this day respect if not honor that revolution they still have alot of problems because of western governments sanctions on what the Iranian people want, its not that the revolution failed its that sanctions can easily change a nations way of thinking so even though iran felt like they got rid of a cruel dictator now they have to deal with the weight of alot of economically powerfull governments

By spark a revolutioni meant a bunch of people tried to set themselves on fireinfront of government buildings, 4 in Algeria, 1 in Egypt.
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[QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

Danm_999
The chances of regime change in Saudi Arabia at the moment are almost zero.

Actually you couldnt be more wrong, the king is basically gonna die soon and there is alot of family infighting on who will be next, and if thats not a problem people in saudi arabia are actually thinking of getting rid of the saud family especially after some of the wikileaks news that shows how hypocritical they are, as long as people are thinking about it they are much closer than you would think, the arab world is very unpredictable
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#15 sosodat
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[QUOTE="lordreaven"][QUOTE="sosodat"]

[QUOTE="lordreaven"] Well, people have tried already to spark a reveloution in the same way, but haven't been successful yet.

Lol Cairo has 7.8 million people in it, Alexandria has like 4.1 million trust me if they wanted a revolution they would have done one, the fear they have is that they dont know where the revolution will take them, if you take a look at iran even though the people wanted a revolution and probably still to this day respect if not honor that revolution they still have alot of problems because of western governments sanctions on what the Iranian people want, its not that the revolution failed its that sanctions can easily change a nations way of thinking so even though iran felt like they got rid of a cruel dictator now they have to deal with the weight of alot of economically powerfull governments

By spark a revolutioni meant a bunch of people tried to set themselves on fireinfront of government buildings, 4 in Algeria, 1 in Egypt.

lol yeah it probably wont all work the way it worked in tunisia but trust me its there haha. But "Spark" i loved that
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#16 lordreaven
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[QUOTE="lordreaven"][QUOTE="sosodat"]

Lol Cairo has 7.8 million people in it, Alexandria has like 4.1 million trust me if they wanted a revolution they would have done one, the fear they have is that they dont know where the revolution will take them, if you take a look at iran even though the people wanted a revolution and probably still to this day respect if not honor that revolution they still have alot of problems because of western governments sanctions on what the Iranian people want, its not that the revolution failed its that sanctions can easily change a nations way of thinking so even though iran felt like they got rid of a cruel dictator now they have to deal with the weight of alot of economically powerfull governments

sosodat

By spark a revolutioni meant a bunch of people tried to set themselves on fireinfront of government buildings, 4 in Algeria, 1 in Egypt.

lol yeah it probably wont all work the way it worked in tunisia but trust me its there haha. But "Spark" i loved that

I ddin't realize the pun i made, lol. I still feel bad for that University student though, but he should have a Building named after him, or at least a plaque.

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#17 Danm_999
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[QUOTE="Danm_999"][QUOTE="sosodat"]

Hopefully the revolution spreads all throughout the Arab world and we get rid of all our dictators from egypt to saudi arabia i want all those basterds out. Until then those puppets are just targets waiting to be eliminated by the ticking time bomb, which is the arab people!

sosodat

The chances of regime change in Saudi Arabia at the moment are almost zero.

Actually you couldnt be more wrong, the king is basically gonna die soon and there is alot of family infighting on who will be next, and if thats not a problem people in saudi arabia are actually thinking of getting rid of the saud family especially after some of the wikileaks news that shows how hypocritical they are, as long as people are thinking about it they are much closer than you would think, the arab world is very unpredictable

The worse you're going to see is civil war between heirs, not regime change. The resources of the ruling family, and international pressure, would not allow that.

As for your Wikileaks point, most Saudis never heard of the story.

Your not going to see the Saudi royal family go away until the oil money does.

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And Sudan is on the brink of a civil war due to recent pushes for democracy. The Arab world is in a major tumult right now and nobody seems to know about it.Theokhoth
...or care about it. As long as it's not happening in their country/region, people don't care. (which is sad)
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The first thing that came to mind was the jazz chart Night in Tunisia.

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I think it is good that the people threw out Ben Ali. He was just another US supplied dictator.optiow

lol at communism

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#21 lordreaven
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So what changes do you guysthink will happen?

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Filming location of the Star Wars Planet "Tatooine".

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#23 lordreaven
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Filming location of the Star Wars Planet "Tatooine".

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Funny thing, its also the name of the province in Tunisia it was filmed in.
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#24 MattDistillery
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This caught you of guard today when it's been going on since December...... Does America not have any World news? (Genuine question, is this actually the first many of you have heard of this?)

On topic.... Good on Tunisia.

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#25 lordreaven
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

This caught you of guard today when it's been going on since December...... Does America not have any World news? (Genuine question, is this actually the first many of you have heard of this?)

On topic.... Good on Tunisia.

I'm Canadian actually, i only heard the end of a BBC report on the protests about a week ago and that was the first and last i heard.
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

This caught you of guard today when it's been going on since December...... Does America not have any World news? (Genuine question, is this actually the first many of you have heard of this?)

On topic.... Good on Tunisia.

lordreaven

I'm Canadian actually, i only heard the end of a BBC report on the protests about a week ago and that was the first and last i heard.

I wasn't making a dig at you, I was just suprised by lack of news coverage in NA. Athlo now that I think about it this the first thread I've seen on Gamespot on this topic.

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[QUOTE="lordreaven"][QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

This caught you of guard today when it's been going on since December...... Does America not have any World news? (Genuine question, is this actually the first many of you have heard of this?)

On topic.... Good on Tunisia.

I'm Canadian actually, i only heard the end of a BBC report on the protests about a week ago and that was the first and last i heard.

It headlined all the major papers, here. Werd.
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#28 MAZ85
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U guys seriously haven't heard yet ?
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#29 mattisgod01
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Didn't this happen like a week ago?

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And Sudan is on the brink of a civil war due to recent pushes for democracy. The Arab world is in a major tumult right now and nobody seems to know about it.Theokhoth

It is probably because they don't care. Ask the average American to find Tunisia or Sudan on a map, and they'd give you an answer from all the major continents.

I find this particularly fascinating, and very pleasing. The Arab world is finally on the move towards modernizing... though Saudi Arabia will never submit to modernity... which will forever cause problems. If the old Tunisian "government" is finally on its way out, then I will be very much interested in travelling there in the nearer future.

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#31 lordreaven
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

[QUOTE="lordreaven"][QUOTE="MattDistillery"]

This caught you of guard today when it's been going on since December...... Does America not have any World news? (Genuine question, is this actually the first many of you have heard of this?)

On topic.... Good on Tunisia.

I'm Canadian actually, i only heard the end of a BBC report on the protests about a week ago and that was the first and last i heard.

I wasn't making a dig at you, I was just suprised by lack of news coverage in NA. Athlo now that I think about it this the first thread I've seen on Gamespot on this topic.

I took no offense in your previous post, don't worry.
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#32 cmdrmonkey45
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Hopefully similar democractic revolutions spread throughout the Arab world.