Author Topic: felix rex moves to Cairo (Read 320621 times)

Benja · « **Reply #1575 on:** July 11, 2013, 06:22:06 PM »

Quote from: CFoD on July 11, 2013, 08:54:05 AM

97% of everything I've ever known about Egypt I learned in this thread.

Knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Now a couple times a day I'll truthfully worry about how a country that has never given a damn about my problems is doing.

Rams · « **Reply #1576 on:** July 11, 2013, 10:22:26 PM »

Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM

Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

also what's a copt?

puniraptor · « **Reply #1577 on:** July 11, 2013, 10:23:00 PM »

Quote from: Rams on July 11, 2013, 10:22:26 PM

Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM
Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

also what's a copt?

Coptic Christian

mocat · « **Reply #1578 on:** July 11, 2013, 10:25:26 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on July 11, 2013, 10:23:00 PM

Quote from: Rams on July 11, 2013, 10:22:26 PM
Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM
Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

also what's a copt?

Coptic Christian

My first thought was misspelled cop but then I remembered it's FR we're talking about here

Cire · « **Reply #1579 on:** July 12, 2013, 10:58:02 AM »

Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM

Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

what's the deal with that?

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1580 on:** July 12, 2013, 11:25:21 AM »

Quote from: Cire on July 12, 2013, 10:58:02 AM

Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM
Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

what's the deal with that?

Bad call in a soccer game.

felix rex · « **Reply #1581 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:15:40 PM »

Quote from: Cire on July 12, 2013, 10:58:02 AM

Quote from: felix rex on July 11, 2013, 09:50:48 AM
Also, a Copt got his head cut off.

what's the deal with that?

I haven't checked into any verified reports on it yet. Initial local reports said it was an escalating conflict between the Copt and local Islamists, which is a pretty regular occurrence.

Most common scenario:

Islamist: That Copt has a wife that wants to convert to Islam and he won't let her! (metanarrative: "the Other is stealing our women")

Copt:

Islamists: Now we are many!

Copt: Uh Oh. Time to hide in the local church!

Islamists: Burn it!

Copt: Police!

Police:

Copt's head:

Original Islamist: Mohammad, dispose of that body.

Mohammad:

michigancat · « **Reply #1582 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:23:53 PM »

ChiComCat · « **Reply #1583 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:24:54 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on July 12, 2013, 12:23:53 PM

Can we change that emoticon to :copthead: ?

felix rex · « **Reply #1584 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:27:55 PM »

But srsly they just left his body wrapped in chains, put it in the local cemetery, and placed the head on top. Nobody flushed a head or anything. I made that part up.

john "teach me how to" dougie · « **Reply #1585 on:** July 12, 2013, 12:58:51 PM »

Haven't the MBs been systematically demolishing churches in Egypt?

sys · « **Reply #1586 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:00:37 PM »

that was a great job using emoticons to advance a narrative.

felix rex · « **Reply #1587 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:03:55 PM »

Quote from: john "teach me how to" dougie on July 12, 2013, 12:58:51 PM

Haven't the MBs been systematically demolishing churches in Egypt?

No. There's weird building rules in Egypt (maybe more details in a later post if there's interest, but it seems mostly boring to me). One of them is that churches can renovate, but not rebuild existing facilities or build on new sites. There's ways around it, and I may be oversimplifying it.

One of my Mormon friend's dad is an engineer, and he kept a list of all the absurd building code violations he saw in Egypt. I was nominally interested (some are pretty hilarious) but might still have it if the engineer nerds here are interested.

ew2x4 · « **Reply #1588 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:09:22 PM »

I would sadly be interested in that.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1589 on:** July 12, 2013, 01:12:25 PM »

x2 Could actually help me at work, too.

jtksu · « **Reply #1590 on:** July 12, 2013, 02:30:59 PM »

Quote from: sys on July 12, 2013, 01:00:37 PM

that was a great job using emoticons to advance a narrative.

Yeah, I really felt like I was there.

felix rex · « **Reply #1591 on:** July 13, 2013, 02:11:41 AM »

Goddamn Benghazi. Now I'm gonna miss the sexual jihad.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/07/13/Pro-Mursi-protesters-are-awaiting-signal-for-sexual-Jihad-report-.html

felix rex · « **Reply #1592 on:** July 13, 2013, 02:27:17 AM »

More Egyptian humor. The crowds are always chanting "irhal", which means "leave/go". This guy wants to "irhal" to the bathroom.

john "teach me how to" dougie · « **Reply #1593 on:** July 13, 2013, 10:52:56 AM »

Quote from: felix rex on July 13, 2013, 02:11:41 AM

Goddamn Benghazi. Now I'm gonna miss the sexual jihad.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/07/13/Pro-Mursi-protesters-are-awaiting-signal-for-sexual-Jihad-report-.html

could be an awesome recruiting tool for the MB.

wetwillie · « **Reply #1594 on:** July 13, 2013, 11:06:09 AM »

Quote from: john "teach me how to" dougie on July 13, 2013, 10:52:56 AM

Quote from: felix rex on July 13, 2013, 02:11:41 AM
Goddamn Benghazi. Now I'm gonna miss the sexual jihad.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/07/13/Pro-Mursi-protesters-are-awaiting-signal-for-sexual-Jihad-report-.html

could be an awesome recruiting tool for the MB.

Trojan international has got to be on high alert.

felix rex · « **Reply #1595 on:** July 13, 2013, 11:20:44 AM »

Here's an English language article from that guy that John Stewart likes so much. My wife insists his show is quite funny, but honestly even when I understand the language I rarely get the joke (maybe a point in favor of his subtlety?).

Anyway, link to his "what if" take on if Morsi wasn't ousted by the protests.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/07/12/What-if-Mursi-was-still-Egypt-s-president-.html

felix rex · « **Reply #1596 on:** July 13, 2013, 11:35:08 AM »

From a longer article published on the official MB. I mean, lol.

"Well known broadcaster Ahmed Mansour has said that Adly Mansour, head of the Supreme Constitutional Court and who has been appointed President of Egypt by the army, is considered to be a Seventh Day Adventist, which is a Jewish sect."

bubbles4ksu · « **Reply #1597 on:** July 13, 2013, 11:54:29 AM »

Quote from: felix rex on July 13, 2013, 11:35:08 AM

From a longer article published on the official MB. I mean, lol.

"Well known broadcaster Ahmed Mansour has said that Adly Mansour, head of the Supreme Constitutional Court and who has been appointed President of Egypt by the army, is considered to be a Seventh Day Adventist, which is a Jewish sect."

my roommate's mother is a jew?

felix rex · « **Reply #1598 on:** July 13, 2013, 12:04:01 PM »

Apparently, bubbles. I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

raquetcat · « **Reply #1599 on:** July 13, 2013, 09:38:39 PM »

I listened to a spot on npr today about all the rapes happening during the protests. They said as many as 100 dudes would go after a few women and that usually there would be 5-10 paid thugs to help, they said it wasn't just a rape thing, but a political statement

No mention of concentric circles though

Also threw out a stat that 99% of Egyptian women have been sexually harassed