On Egyptian mourning

Dalia sent me this with this comment: "the west can’t decide whether we don’t remember the names of our dead, or if we wallow in a culture of death."  Here is the piece in the LA times: "Protest leaders increasingly are using such victims, whom they call "martyrs to the revolution," and their grieving mothers, to keep passions stoked as Egypt's tumult enters a third week. Anonymous in life, but venerated nationally in death, the victims serve as reminders of government brutality and rallying cries for each new protest and parade.  Huge photos of several of the slain — some bloodied and bruised, their wounds displayed in grisly detail — adorn fences around the square. Smaller photos were carried like religious icons in grim processions through the throngs Wednesday. The chanting crowd hailed the victims as martyrs, a potent symbol for the mostly-Muslim protesters, and praised their mothers for their sacrifice."