Egyptian riots

The whole thing about violence is that it begets violence. When the riots in Egypt turned violent it was a horrible turning point. But did anyone expect it to go differently?

In order to have peaceful protests you have to have two things: A respect for the law and a police force willing to keep things peaceful. Neither of these things exist in Egypt. Therefore, violence occurs. If you think the police would be effective, look at the footage - the security forces had their tanks out to keep the two groups separate and then sat on them, watching, while the violence was occurring.

Perhaps the most interesting side of these riots is this - there are no women involved. At least, none in the footage that is shown to the world. If you look at the footage of riots and protests in Europe, Russia, and here, women are always there. Women consider themselves part of the society, and so they are part of the protests and riots.

In Egypt, women aren't part of the riots and protests, which means they aren't part of the society. It is telling that in that whole area of the world (Middle East) the place where you can see women voting and protesting is . . . Iraq. Not Saudi Arabia, not Iran, and not Egypt. But Iraq.

Think what you want about that little fact. But it is an important note.