Even harder to gauge was what it would take for the disaffected to say “enough is enough” and begin challenging their regime openly, defiantly, and in concert. If a sufficient number of Arabs reached that threshold at the right time, the long-docile Arab street would explode in anger, with each group of new protesters encouraging more to join in, giving people elsewhere in the Arab world the courage to initiate protests of their own.
更难以判定的是，究竟是什么令这些受压迫者“忍无可忍”并开始大胆公开地一齐挑战执政者。如果能在恰当的时候出现足够数量的阿拉伯示威者的话，那么那些空旷的街道就将充斥着愤怒，示威者前赴后继地加入游行队伍，令其他阿拉伯国家的人们也有了上街示威的勇气。