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18. I'm not an expert on Egypt's culture or politics.

and I'm not especially interested in becoming one. I have, at best, superficial knowledge and vaguely supported beliefs about Egyptian society, Tahrir Square and the historic protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian political parties, etc.

That said, anytime I've heard any official spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood's FJP party in Egypt speak, they sound all of the right notes. For example, the FJP's new assembly speaker-elect Saad al-Katatni told Reuters recently, ""The priorities are meeting the demands of the revolution, including the rights of the injured and those killed in the uprising."

It's not easy, maybe, to imagine that everyone in the world does not automatically and innately share our Western and American thought and the philosophical traditions handed down through the enlightenment and other schools of thought like American pragmatism or utilitarianism.

I certainly hope that this situation, over which I have absolutely no control or influence, works out for the good of the Egyptian people.