The uprising in Egypt has been on everybody's mind for roughly 2 weeks. It had been in a way anticipated after the spark of the Tunisian unrest. It has created some strong reactions (including my own). All the channels of the Cable TV were partially 'hijacked' by the fast progressing fire and emotions spawn from it.
And then the Egyptian Government started using the same policy, used successfully before several times, trying to 'outlast' the protesters. Playing the remorse card, and the economical dire straights caused by the upheaval, they try to channel the emotions of the nation. The life returns to normal, with the protesters 'rounded up' and isolated. The World is starting looking at the unfolding situation as almost a side show, an interruption of the regularly scheduled programming. It doesn't happen unplanned - this is a goal of the Egyptian Government. With the lost interest of the foreign media some time from now they will be able to extinguish the revolution any way they see fit.
The promises given by the current, new (already in session) cabinet do not have any time-line (except of the regularly scheduled presidential elections in September), do not have any decisive statement - they just promise a discussion about changing the outdated and harmful for democratic process articles of the Constitution. The crowd in Tahrir Sq. is not leaning toward believing in it. I share their sentiments. We have heard it in the past, we hear it now. It's more than possible that the cynical phrase: THE OLD RETURNS... will become the reality.
However, it's our responsibility, not to let this uprising dissolve and pass to oblivion, by talking about it, tweeting about it, writing about it, asking the media about it - showing interest assuring a continuous interest, and attention paid to this extraordinary social movement.
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