Sunday, October 16, 2011

I Presume...

...the Arab Spring is moving right along, whether I pay attention or not. This headline, though, really caught my eye. Back where it all started, it gives me hope:

Thousands rally in Tunisia to back embattled TV station
"Thousands of people marched through Tunis Sunday to support a television station subjected to violent protests last week after broadcasting a controversial film that offended Muslims.

The demonstrators were answering a call on Facebook to demonstrate for free speech, just two days after demonstrations against Nessma TV for its showing of award-winning "Persepolis" degenerated into violence.

While some marchers shouted slogans calling for freedom of speech and tolerance, others had taped over their mouths in a sign of protest at what they see as a growing climate of intolerance in the country."
I have no idea who's going to win in the end, but the young folk seem to want to join the 21st century, and by the looks of it, the Islamists are all old gray haired men, so, IMVHO, the future looks bright.

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