Simply put, a rosy outlook for countries like Egypt cannot be assumed on the basis of exhilarating images on CNN or Al Jazeera, or the fact that masses of young, well-educated, English-speaking men and women are connected through Facebook and Twitter. The great majority of Egyptians were not in Tahrir Square, and many of them lack not only access to online social networks, but also electricity and safe drinking water.
简言之，不应基于CNN或半岛电视台所播放的那些令人振奋的图像，或是Facebook和Twitter上那些受过良好教育、会说英语的年轻人上传的消息，对埃及等国的前景抱有不切实际的乐观。埃及人的大多数并不在解放广场，他们许多人不仅上不了社交网络，连用电和获取安全的饮用水的机会都没有。民主和言论自由并非他们眼下最渴望的东西。