When I was told to write about the political protests in the Middle East I honestly didn't know much. I knew there was something going on with Egypt that made any pyramid related joke that I could think of relevant. Other than that I was in the Dark. I was too busy thinking about my play and school to think about things going on across the world.
As it turns out, a good percentage of the countries in the Middle East think their governments suck and they want change. Tunisia, Egypt, and the bloodiest of all, Libya have been in some sort of protests or revolution of a government leader who is doing them wrong. Libya's leader Gadhafi has declared war on his own people and is using fighter jets to shoot down protestors according to http://www.tothecenter.com/.
Having to think about things like these protests makes me think. We are lucky. So what if we disagree with if abortion or gay marriage is legal or illegal? From what I can see, our problems with the government aren't nearly as bad as some people are having it.
Everyone will always have some kind of problem with their government. That's just how it is. Your last comment on how the United States is lucky to only have the issues of abortion and gay marriage (among others) made me think...these are issues that the US people want addressed but most Americans are beyond merely wanting to overthrow the government. They just want the government to fix the perceived problem.
ReplyDeleteYou have truly enlightened me. I have seen a different side of Zack Lee with this post. It really made me think of how easy we have it. Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
ReplyDeleteO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!