sanitation? of whom?

[alouicious]

so, egypt is slaughtering it's entire population of an estimated 350,000 pigs amidst fears of "swine flu

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[couri]

That is fucking horrific.

Like the tag, though...

[alouicious]

thank you. thought you might. it was the first thing i thought when i heard the story.

[edwarddain]

*snort* I smiled too when I read it.

The whole situation in Egypt is full of fail on a host of levels...

indeed

[alouicious]

i forgot to mention that there is what they are calling "rioting" and what i am calling "self-defense against armed thuggery of the government", complete with fires, road barricades, and a ban on journalists. and the wholesale slaughter of hundreds of thousands of screaming animals whose carcasses will then be thrown away.

[coyotesdaughter]

oh, for the sake of john...

egypt owes most of their religious culture to the coptics, from what i understand. i mean, the egyptian orthodox church is also called the coptic church. what the hell, egypt. what the hell.

[alouicious]

doesn't it stand to reason that some of those christians who so impressed mohammed were, in fact, copts? they predate the catholic and european/mediterranean orthodox churches.

[coyotesdaughter]

I know, right?