Tahrir Square and wishes on a Birthday Cake
In my opinion, every time I see pictures of people amassed in or around Tahrir Square in Egypt, for some reason it looks to me like a Birthday Cake. I envision the voice of the reporter making a wish. The wish, however, is a strange one due to the fact it comes in the form of manipulative propaganda, an agenda.
The wish first came to my attention when Pres. Mubarak and some of his family members were not sentenced to death after their trial in Cairo. The crowd amassed in Tahrir Square and the voice over of the reporter said they were angry Mubarak and others were not sentenced to death. To his credit, the moderator of the show, Don Lemon, asked the reporter how he knew that was the case. By his question, Mr. Lemon implied that the amassed crowd could be relieved the death sentence was not imposed. In other words, how can the reporter say a group of people milling around Tahrir Square were protesting the lack of death sentences for Pres. Mubarak and his family members. I forgot what the response was from the reporter but the scenario has remained with me.
Since that incidence, I have seen the camera focused down on the amassed crowd at different times hearing the voice of the reporter saying all manner of things like; the people are supporters of Mubarak; they are supporters or not supporters of Pres. Mohamed Morsi; they are angry at what they consider a power grab by Morsi. And now with that same long shot down into the crowd, the voice is telling us the people are angry that the new constitution does not deal with womens’ rights, human rights, sectarian differences etc., etc., etc., and since it was written by The Muslin Brotherhood, it is un-democratic, un-constitional etc., etc., etc.,
Legend has it, when you make a wish upon a Birthday Cake, you have to blow all of the candles out for the wish to come true. My wife use to make what I am saying much simpler, "There's a fly in the milk somewhere".
As always,
BB
The wish first came to my attention when Pres. Mubarak and some of his family members were not sentenced to death after their trial in Cairo. The crowd amassed in Tahrir Square and the voice over of the reporter said they were angry Mubarak and others were not sentenced to death. To his credit, the moderator of the show, Don Lemon, asked the reporter how he knew that was the case. By his question, Mr. Lemon implied that the amassed crowd could be relieved the death sentence was not imposed. In other words, how can the reporter say a group of people milling around Tahrir Square were protesting the lack of death sentences for Pres. Mubarak and his family members. I forgot what the response was from the reporter but the scenario has remained with me.
Since that incidence, I have seen the camera focused down on the amassed crowd at different times hearing the voice of the reporter saying all manner of things like; the people are supporters of Mubarak; they are supporters or not supporters of Pres. Mohamed Morsi; they are angry at what they consider a power grab by Morsi. And now with that same long shot down into the crowd, the voice is telling us the people are angry that the new constitution does not deal with womens’ rights, human rights, sectarian differences etc., etc., etc., and since it was written by The Muslin Brotherhood, it is un-democratic, un-constitional etc., etc., etc.,
Legend has it, when you make a wish upon a Birthday Cake, you have to blow all of the candles out for the wish to come true. My wife use to make what I am saying much simpler, "There's a fly in the milk somewhere".
As always,
BB
posted by BB at 9:52 AM
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