I will get the comment chain started for this week here. I will also ask questions. You may post your response below. Remember that this is like a conversation so check to see that another student hasn't already written the same thing as you earlier in the day.
I see here that there are protests taking place in Egypt that are directed towards the Syrian President Bashar Assad. These Egyptian protestors are asking Assad to step down from power. Why would they protest a against a leader who isn't even in charge of their own country? Would you be willing to visit another country's embassy in Ottawa and protest against that other country? This isn't something that happens often in Canada so there must be some real serious reasons for sympathy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/police-protesters-against-syrias-assad-regime-clash-in-egypt/2012/09/04/51ab0182-f6d7-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html
F.S. says:
ReplyDeleteThe answer to "Why" could mean one of two things, as I see it. Firstly, there are a few activists and the rest of the people protesting are sheep to be herded wherever the shepherd pleases. Secondly, it could mean that the government of Egypt is sincerely against this political movement in Syria. If this were the case, they would truly educate their citizens (potentially with some bias, but that's an education nonetheless) and, as a result of that, they would care. In addition, if the Canadian government were to truly care about an issue in another country, they would be sure the word got to the citizens and I, too, would attend. -F.S.
T.S. your comment got deleted when I did the copy paste - oops - please re-up as T.S.
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