Revolution

For the most part, I am amused by most of the day to day dealings of mankind. Perhaps it is also the region of this planet I have chosen to inhabit, but most humans regularly concern themselves with trivial matters of greed or vanity. I am not oblivious to the greater political concerns of this world, and I recognize conflict, real conflict, on a daily basis. Then, something comes along that is so altering to the political climate and people of a region as a revolution.


I have come to learn much about Egypt in the past few weeks as I have studied both its current as well as ancient history. Much can be said of a civilization that has been around as long at the recorded history of Earth can remember, and I will keep much of this for my files should I ever get a chance to report about it back home. When an uprising occurs in a nation, by whatever free peoples or military or political force, more often than not, it is a destructive, anarchic mess.

I will admit, in my learnings of human history and behavior, I had thought and feared that the unrest of the last 18 days in Egypt would lead to a bloody coup or bloody failed coup and would only cause more destruction in a region that has a precarious balance between peace and war. There was violence, of course, and that should be noted and not forgotten. Still, I am pleased and proud of my adopted world that in the face of an oppressive government, the people of a nation can gain the power to take down this government through protest and ideas.

I have studied the fall of governments many times first hand. It is what I do. I can only be wary of my own people, who had thought this planet far to violent to deal with in a peaceful way. Perhaps this news will get out into the universe and prove the worth of humankind. My only hope for the people of Egypt and for the world is that this transition of power to the new government there be a peaceful one.


POSTSCRIPT: On a more personal subject, if I am lucky, this will be my last post because I will have died before tonight. I took my sister's advice and asked April to dinner again before the dreaded holiday known as Saint Valentine's Day arrives. I am taking her out tonight unless death or some more world-altering news spares me from doing so.