Revolution Fashion Collection: home made protective headgear in Tahrir: (pics)

[dixiegrrrrl]

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[mdmc]

1. ..

[Dappleganger]

2. There's another one with loaves of bread on LBN.

Somewhere...can't find it.

[PoliticAverse]

7. The loaves of bread guy...

He was apparently protesting in Yeman:

In Yemen, one protester was even more inventive - he created a makeshift helmet with two baguettes, a chapatti and clingfilm.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353166/Egypt-protests-Violence-continues-Egypt-protesters-streets-10th-day.html

[Odin2005]

17. LOL!!!

[Dappleganger]

18. That's him!

What a magnificent sense of self. :)

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. awesome

[KurtNYC]

25. perhaps he was influenced by Carrie Fisher and her Cinnabuns...

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Amazing.

edited after seeing below.

[PDJane]

3. I love it!

Seriously, however, if it works.........why not?

[hlthe2b]

4. I saw the first guy interviewed...

he was very proud of his helmet. I couldn't help but find that endearing. ;)

[Mira]

5. Brilliant, sad, heart rending. Human. K&R

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Exactly. All of that. and ingenious.

fighting a regime with bare hands and rocks, against thugs with guns and swords and machetes, and perhaps worse to come, is heartbreakingly courageous, especially since many have stated if they lose, the regime will hunt them down and kill them.
And so, they do the best they can with what they have.

[riderinthestorm]

20. +100000. Wish I could rec your post over and over. nt

[panader0]

6. K and R

great pics

[TheMadMonk]

8. The bottles and the turban + redundant box may help. The others...

...not so much. Though the concrete slab would work against a direct batton strike from above well enough.

[arcane1]

10. I think that's styrofoam n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. The scarf that guy in last pic has? We have one just like it.

Given to us by a Syrian, friend of ours when we were in SF.
I wanted to put it on a flag pole outside the house, but Mr. d vetoed the idea.
In this fundie GOP community, he is probably right.

[SoCalDem]

12. They need some of these

or football helmets with face guards..

[Brother Buzz]

13. I'm reminded of Easy Rider

George: Oh, oh I've got a helmet! (Laughs) I got a beauty!

[Raine]

14. Just gotta love the ingenuity

of people! :thumbsup:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Revolutionaries are dashing.

[madmax]

19. Hey - gotta love them.

Whatever works, that's what I say. ;)

It's not your typical G.I.Joe outfit but, these people are putting their lives on the line for freedom and making do with what's available.

:bravo: :applause:

[Erose999]

21. Earlier on BBC U.S. they showed some guys makeshift fort on the square. Complete with freakin'

catapults set up to launch milk crates full of rocks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. did the crates look like this?

[Erose999]

26. Yep, those are the SAME guys too. I tried to find a picture of their catapult on Google to no avail.

The build quality on these guys' catapult looked much better that the one pictured above. I'm thinking one of these guys must be a carpenter or something.

[PoliticAverse]

24. One of the catapults apparently being used...

[Lifelong Protester]

27. These people who are standing for democracy, liberty and freed0m

I want to stand with them.