I was purple-fingered at work all day yesterday. Two of the ladies in my conversational English class who are from Hungary asked about it and then wanted to know why we didn't come help them in 1956. I explained as best I could what the situation was as I understand it.
I've enjoyed watching these long pieces of raw footage of the election, filmed by soldiers at one polling station. One woman who spoke English summed it up fairly well by saying that they want to choose their own leaders and not have one man force himself on them.
Democracy is a pretty simple concept. No one tell me again that Arabs are incapable of appreciating it.
(Footage via F.R.)
Posted by floridacracker at February 1, 2005 08:19 AM