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Originally Posted by transplant99
GREAT point made by Chris Matthews on MSNBC just now.
I will parahrase.
"This should send a message to the 2nd amendment whackos that say you need guns to make a change as we have just witnessed a government come down without a shot fired by those who were trying to make things happen"
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I'm sorry, you can't make a generalization like this.
Mubarak was 82, and as far as dictators go, he really wasn't all that bad. If you's tried this with many other dictators (ones who have a firm grasp of the army) they would have gassed and/or shot the protestors at the first signs of trouble.
Violence will always be a necessity in some revolutions.