McMegan, who evidently imagines that Hosni Mubarak is akin to a lackadaisical waiter or an indolent sales person at the tall girls shop, weighs in on the situation in Egypt, with a post entitled "Mubarak will Hold on to Power," which I erroneously thought was a prediction by her. But just as I started to think I'd been unfair to her, I read further:
Or so he says. As my Egyptian correspondent initially predicted, he's telling his government to resign--as yasminhamidi tweeted, "Mubarak: To prove I am not a dictator, I will personally name a new government!" Now we see if the population will tolerate it. I won't venture an opinion, as I simply don't know. But if I were an Egyptian, I certainly wouldn't stand for it.
Yes, I'm sure that Megan wouldn't hesitate to face death, imprisonment, or torture in order to tell Mubarak that his latest evaluation wasn't quite up to snuff in her eyes.
I had a professor in college who specialized in peasant rebellions and revolutions, among other things. I remember him asking once in class us why in the face of this or that outrage, indeed cumulative outrages, the masses didn't rise up against this or that despot we were studying. Being college students at a pretty serious university, we all posited elaborate theories -- usually some kind of bastardized marxist crap -- to explain the paralysis of the peasantry. I remember him shaking his head with disdain at our elaborate explanations and then exclaim - - "No! No! No! They didn't want to die! That's why! They didn't want to die!"
Of course, there are people who will put their lives on the line from time to time in such situations, sometimes inspiring others to follow suit to the point where change occurs. Why do I doubt that Megan is among them?