Footprints in Snow

".........The most sublime moment occurred when Muslims and Coptic Christians engaged in common prayer on Cairo's Tahrir Square, chanting "We are one!" – providing the best answer to the sectarian religious violence. Those neocons who criticise multiculturalism on behalf of the universal values of freedom and democracy are now confronting their moment of truth: you want universal freedom and democracy? This is what people demand in Egypt, so why are the neocons uneasy? Is it because the protesters in Egypt mention freedom and dignity in the same breath as social and economic justice?........"

Slavoj Zizek sul Guardian, da leggere per un bel passaggio sul rapporto dimostranti/violenza, ed in generale per lo sguardo lucido sui fatti d'Egitto.