After the protesting in Cairo caused President Mubarak to step down, it caused a ripple effect to other neighboring African countries to revolt against failing governments. I think that it has been shown that when a great number of people come together and go against they feel strongly about, changes can occur. However, although this is positive that the Cairo people made a change, I feel as if these neighboring countries feel like that just because it happened in Cairo, it can happen anywhere else. It is great to see people wanting to make a change, but just because you protest doesn’t mean that the change you want will happen. The people in Cairo were pretty educated and fully knew what they wanted and fought to get it. The people in those protests were somewhat organized as well. The government will most likely only pay attention under circumstances. They tend to pay little attention to the lower class. As I am typing this, four new deaths have occurred in Bahrain. This protesting is violent, and although it does catch the eye of the government, I have a feeling that some won’t work out. Perhaps the protesting in Bahrain will work out for the best, but that doesn’t mean every other one will. It is a big risk, and potentially dangerous to protest, and I just hope that the people starting them realize this. I would hate to see a bunch of people get hurt and end up not getting what they want anyways.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41659383/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
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