On the Fourth of July

[amrikisalaami]

I was excited to see what the Fourth of July would be like in Egypt. The American embassy throws a shin-dig that's supposed to be amazing. But, not realizing it was on the 3rd of July (since the 4th is on Friday, the Muslim Holy Day, and heavy drinking and celebration would probably be frowned upon) I missed it because I went to Coptic Cairo with

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[anniemaelou]

"I think America would be even better if we would take a few lessons from other peoples." I think you need to take that statement further. America would be better if we all got out of the country more. The best way to understand the US is to leave our comfort zone.

[amrikisalaami]

true that! egypt's particularly good for that because you can see first-hand the dependence-economy that answers the question of "well if they're so great why are they so poor?" they'd be fine if their government and ours would let them.

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[dmulvey]

Well said!

[eyeharvester]

Daaaaaaamn straight, Mr. C, damn straight on all counts.