I just saw a man shot to death.

[FourScore]

I just saw a man shot to death.
by 4CasandChlo
Fri Jan 28, 2011 at 09:31:36 PM PST

Yes, right from my couch, I saw a man, one I never knew but now have huge feelings for, shot dead. He was unarmed. He was angry, probably hungry, armed only with his sense of decency.

It was on CNN. I saw footage of the uprising in Egypt. The producers/editors at CNN highlighted him. He was part of a crowd, shouting about poverty, injustice, government control and human rights. The crowd fled with fear as the line of police marched toward them. He stayed and continued shouting, one man.

As he stayed, the camera showed him and no one else. He was shot and his body crumpled, he was dead before he hit the ground.

I cried, almost instantly...


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[knowbody0]

1. I will

[myrna minx]

2. .

:cry:

[jody]

3. Eternal question "What are you willing to die for?" n/t

[Doctor_J]

4. This is what

we have to look forward to if we try to seriously combat the right wing oligarchy in this country. Start deciding whether you want to live on your knees or die on your feet.

[tavalon]

14. Yep, it's coming

The only thing that makes it hard for me is a severely autistic child. If not for him, my answer would be easy. There are reasons I've begun training on guns, not only to be able to go dear hunting but to protect my family if necessary. Yeah. me. And yeah, I believe in gun control measures.

[jody]

18. Is there a season on "dear" in your area? I've taught hunter safety courses in CA, OH, IL, AL. Don't

recall a bag limit on "dear". :rofl:

[tavalon]

21. My damn IPad likes to autocorrect

And I didn't catch that one. guess I'll just call it killing Bambi. Sorry for the mix up. I've no intention of killing any of my dears.

[Speed8098]

34. Self delete N/T

[Doctor_J]

20. I don't think you'll need it

Frankly, this country is so thoroughly dominated and brainwashed by right-wing media that we'll never fight back like the Egyptians. The US populace he decided to live on its collective knees rather than killing off the tumors that infest it.

[BobbyBoring]

24. That would be a good song

Fight like an Egyptian!!

Really showing my age~

[Swagman]

27. yeh..'walk like an Egyptian-fight like an Egyptian !"

they are showing us the way

[Fire1]

59. I think I'll just leave. n/t

[Jokinomx]

5. When I die and go too where ever we go.... It better have been a good reason we came here..or

I will be pissed. Man is proving again that we are not evolved above animals.

;(

[pezDispenser]

25. You had nothing before you were born.

He'll, you didn't even have the sense to know you had nothing. Whatever or however the gift of consciousness was given to us is an unimaginable gift. To say you'd be 'pissed' about receiving it, tells me all I need to know about you.

Have you never had a good day?

[demwing]

44. Wow. Highly personal and unnecessary attack. /nt

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[lunatica]

58. And what do you know about before or after life?

[orleans]

29. i'm sure we all had a good reason to come here

although, from what i understand, many are in no hurry whatsoever to return.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Video: WARNING - GRAPHIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XnhHzs91MY

[DissedByBush]

52. The revolution won't be televised

It'll be on YouTube.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Wow, CNN is not bothering to protect our delicate viewers?

I am impressed...I will be that much more impressed when they show that here...yes, it does happen from time to time. Rarely the moment. But yellow tarp bodies are to protect our sensibilities.

[Cleita]

8. I saw Anwar Sadat shot live in front of me many years

ago as well. It was being televised live on CNN in the middle of the night, which was day in Egypt. I couldn't sleep and turned the TV on and saw the whole bloody thing. Footage was run after that through the day and week, but CNN edited out the bloodiest part by then, but I saw it in real time with no editing. I was very shook up days after. However, it wasn't the first murder I had seen on TV. I saw Lee Harvey Oswald killed and Bobby Kennedy, but Sadat's was the bloodiest and most up close.

[SoCalDem]

9. same here.. We were getting ready to go bowling..My 7 yr old saw it too

We went to the bowling alley & the desk guy had the tv on to some game show. (It was a 9 AM ladies league)..

My 7 yr old went up to him & said "Bob, please change the channel.. they just assassinated Anwar Sadat"..

Bob said "Who?"

My little 7 yr old guy said " The PRESIDENT OF EGYPT"...please change the channel"..

Bob changed the channel

note: my son was not in school that day because he was recuperating from surgery and was not cleared to go back to school for another week:)

[Cleita]

10. I was amazed how many people said "who?" after the

incident. So many Americans then were totally ignorant of other nations and their leaders.

[SoCalDem]

12. many still are totally ignorant...by choice, I fear

:(

[FourScore]

15. I remember it well. Although I did not see it live. n/t

[defendandprotect]

40. Sadat was a dangerous man -- he tried to make peace in the ME with Israel ....

[trud]

60. not to worry

Benny Netanyahu won't let that happen.

[WillyT]

11. K & R !!!

:cry:

:mad:

:kick:

[RagAss]

13. He was killed for shouting....

And there are people in this country who support this monster Mubarek????

[wisteria]

23. No, he made a choice to not follow a police request to move on.n/t

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[defendandprotect]

41. And that, in your mind, justified his being shot and killed?

Wow -- !!

[demwing]

45. OH. that explains everything.

Thanks for clearing that up... :sarcasm:

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[datasuspect]

49. that is purely vile

[Iggo]

50. Well then fuck that motherfucker. He needed to die.

:eyes:

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

64. Hosni? Is that you?

I see you reserved a functioning Internet router for your use. Good for you.

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[xchrom]

16. recommend

[Imagevision]

17. I saw the twin towers come down...

[loudsue]

19. That's probably a nightmare you could have done without. I'm really

sorry you had to go through that.

[defendandprotect]

42. And what if ....

what you actually saw was the WTC brought down by demolition?

"Only fools never doubt" -- Shakespeare

[wisteria]

22. Sad, but he had a choice. Unfortunately, his choice was deadly. n/t

[sabrina 1]

26. Wow!

Did you know that just being able to speak out over the past week, is the first time the people of Egypt were able to do that? Can you empathize for just one moment with people who, if they dared, dared, to say one negative word about the dictator or his friends, they would be shot, or dragged into the street and beaten to death (yes, I can show you graphic photos if you like) or for just taking a photo.

Have you heard the people there when talking to reporters say that 'this is the first time I could speak' and seen the absolute emotion and the tears and the passion in their faces, just to be able to speak?

Giving in to authoritarians, making the 'choice' you admonish him for NOT making, to be compliant, to follow orders from authoritarian thugs, cost Egyptians 30 years of freedom!

You don't get it do you, he probably knew they would shoot him. He lives there, he knows what they are capable of, he's probably witnessed it since he was a child, and that day he chose to die rather than bow down one more time.

And because of him and all the other brave souls who did not take YOUR advice, generations of Egyptians have a chance to never again have to follow YOUR advice because if they don't they will die.

It is because of that kind of acvice, the advice YOU would have given that hero, and he will be one of Egypt's heroes in their history books, that countries end up the way Egypt did.

What is happening now in Egypt, should have happened at least two decades ago. But people thought, as you do, that it was better to just 'obey' orders just so they could stay alive. But they found out that that is not living, it is existing, feeling ashamed, humiliated all the time. And now, they've had enough, and people are willing to die on their feet, as this man did, rather than live on their knees.

Maybe you'll get it one day. People tend to get it after they've lived on their knees long enough.

He is an inspiration. We all die sooner or later after living our insignificant lives and no one remembers we ever lived at all.

He died for something worthwhile. HE, like all the heroes who have died for liberty throughout history, who chose not to follow the orders of illegitimate leaders, will be remembered by his people as a hero.

I really am sorry for you that you do not understand.

[stlsaxman]

31. thank you sabrina x1000

[Mopar151]

32. You are completely correct

I'm appalled at the previous poster - who thinks that disobeying a cop is a capital offense.

[defendandprotect]

43. A message for all of us -- thank you, Sabrina!

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[Iggo]

54. .

:thumbsup:

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[Threedifferentones]

51. Can't this logic be used to justify any murder?

Ever heard of blaming the victim?

Everyone has a choice. If she'd just had sex with me willingly, I wouldn't have raped her!

When Egyptian cops start getting shot, what will you say? Judging by that post you will say "well, he knew people were getting pissed at them, but decided to keep oppressing them anyway. He made a choice to remain against the will of the people, and it turned out to be a deadly choice."

Of course you won't say that, since your attitude seems to be that the law is always right. That murder wasn't wrong because the proper authorities cleared it. If you could just get over your assumption that law equals morality, you would see this for the tragedy that it is.

Wisteria, you have a lot of thinking to do before you post any more on this topic...

[Iggo]

53. No matter how many times you post it, it's still fucked up.

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[DesertDiamond]

28. I am crying now too.

[jerseyjack]

33. Problem is, you'd be fighting the militia types who have been

convinced by Rush and Beck that you are the enemy. You'd be fighting them as well as the likes of Koch, Paulson and the oligarchy. It wouldn't be like Egypt where there is one enemy to focus on.

[jody]

36. Males between 17-45 are in the militia unless exempt by law. As a milita type what would you do?

On edit add:

The above definition is federal law but New Jersey law includes women as well:
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38A:1-2. Composition of militia

The militia, except as hereinafter provided, shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of this State and all other able-bodied persons residing in this State who have made a legal declaration of intent to become citizens of the United States, who are at least 17 years of age and, except as hereinafter provided, not more than 45 years of age, and such other persons as may upon their own application be enlisted or commissioned therein in accordance with federal or State law and regulations.
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[jbeing]

37. yes, but

what about Blackwater (oops Xe) and CACI and all the other outsourced mercenaries? When these trained workers come home from our 2 wars, they'll need employment or deployment. Why not use them are shock troops to terrorize us? Torture, Intimidation, Death - it's a living.

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[Turborama]

38. K&R RIP

[defendandprotect]

39. Mubarak seems to have gotten encouragment to massacre his own people?

And I still don't see world leaders telling him to step down -- including Obama!!

A nation's military isn't only a threat to its neighbors, it's a threat to its own citizens!!

[RegieRocker]

55. What are you going to do about it?

[OwnedByFerrets]

65. Not the first time...and unfortunately, it will be less remembered than

the time before. Roger Waters even sang about it in the song Watching TV, on Amused to Death.