We need a name for the revolution in Egypt. velvet revolutionv #2?

[applegrove]

[BOG PERSON]

1. islamic revolution part 2 - revenge of the caliphate

[aquart]

2. Why don't we allow the Egyptians to name it.

Just as a courtesy.

[applegrove]

5. Of course I was hoping someone would tell me what they are calling it.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Perhaps we can give Egyptians the honor of naming their own Revolution.....

Wouldn't that be neat? :shrug:

[MineralMan]

12. +100. It does seem a little presumptuous to try to name

someone else's revolution, doesn't it?

[patrice]

4. What are THEY calling it?

[Waiting For Everyman]

6. They seem to use #Feb11 for the Rev., just as #Jan25 was the demo.

I've also seen #NewEgypt in use referring to going forward, and there's #EgyptCongrats for the well-wishes.

Another interesting one since Friday is #ThingsIveLearned.

That's on Twitter. I "liked" their FB page but I can't read it, and am not on FB much. So what they're calling it there or in print may be different. I did hear a correspondent or two use the term "New Egypt" though, in tv reports. Maybe that'll be it.

I agree though, it'll have to be their call on that.

[BOG PERSON]

7. n/m

[onestepforward]

8. In Tunisia, it was called the "Jasmine Revolution"

"The event was soon dubbed the “Jasmine Revolution,” a symbolic reference to a blooming flower."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x587871

What a beautiful name!

[bluestate10]

9. It is more akin to the revolution in Romania.

Where a brutal dictator tried to sic the military on non-violent protesters and the military refused to go along with the dictator's orders.

[PBS Poll-435]

13. Nicolae Ceauşescu had the military confront CHILDREN

As well as his own citizens.

[robinlynne]

10. When was the first? Tunisia?

[MineralMan]

11. It's not over. Too early for a name.

Nothing is settled, really.

[thereismore]

14. How can a bloody conflict be called velvet revolution? No way. nt

[kentuck]

15. It's a cyber-revolution....

The very first time that the new technology has been used to organize and unite people for change.

[Better Believe It]

16. We haven't witnessed a social/political revolution in Egypt. This is just the beginning.

[stevedeshazer]

17. I tend to favor "The Egyptian Revolution".

But perhaps I'm too unimaginative to think of a color or fragrance.

[Recovered Repug]

18. I vote for Herbert.

Maybe Mary, Robert or Susan as well.

[FLPanhandle]

19. Let's see where it ends up first.

It might be the "fake" revolution, or the "military" revolution, or the "islamic" revolution, or any of a hundred different outcomes.

Right now the military is in charge and no one knows what will be the long term government.

[MilesColtrane]

20. The military left holding the reigns of power after 300+ die...

That hardly seems comparable to the Velvet Revolution.