Seems to me quite human, to be stubborn and insist you are right. If that means one can joke about it - fine to me - it means also everyone can joke about all other groups, countries, races, ethniticities etc. So if joking for this reason about people from South-Egypt is right, I can´t see a reason why joking about people from Cairo/North-Egypt is not permitted.

Sorry - that comment sounds a bit stubbornist to me - I hope we don´t get a backlash from all the stubborn people on the site. 

 Well,its not as you think it is...

Ýt is like..if i say the water boils at 100c and they think its not true,then they dont accept

Ý show proves,i get other´s people to say same..i.... no matter what,they refuse to hear.

.That is mostly how they are,and that was material for jokes,but as i said in my above post,they are very generous,polite people,have ethics and traditions that we almost lost here in Cairo in our race with modern life

There is a system there,its more like Turkish,we have the big families,where elders have the superior words

So i dont mind if we all can be like them,and be as we used to be.

But be aware NEVER tell those jokes infront of them..or they might....!

Of course they very much well known of those jokes,but some gets REALLY made if they been sid infront of them!

Actually things in Egypt are more very simplistic,we do make jokes of even ourselves

Ýt is permitted to make jokes about Cairo,Alex,north Egypt,West East,whatever.

Ýts not a problem here and never was.

Ýt was our way of dealing with things,even using the jokes in political issues.

When we are happy,we make jokes,when we are sad,we also make jokes about it..if thats make sense.

omg that is soo true! anyway, abput the southern egypt thing, the truth is i hear lots of things and i havent been living her for so long,i get things from jokes, and about their stubbornness, canli is right, u tell them water boils at 100 C theyll say no! I mean they argue abotu the pointless, but okay, so not to be makign a generalisation, not all of hem, alot of them dont like it there come to cairo and go to college and become great people so there are always people who are different, were just saying that theyre the punch line of some jokes thats it, but alot of things are used as punch lines anythiugn we joke about everyhting and anything! Its not that big of a deal, and always when they wanna et the picture of an egyptian they get these people (like in commercials and stuff) anyway, you haver to really live here to get this!

First Cyber-Bully Trial

A shocking story about a young girl who has committed suicide after a nieghtbour set up a fake MySpace account to bully and intimidate her.

Just  be interested in peoples opinion on this, in light of the recent problems on here.

 Libralady, you are blowing what happened here completely out of proportion if you feel the two are comparable.

You are also somewhat guilty of being one of those people who likes to appear neutral and respectful, but happily make sly little jokes about, ouh let me think, vegetarians (!) and, in the case of the recent arguments over moderation, very carefully throw a tiny little match into the forum and walk away tutting as the flame causes a fire

I was going to post a comment......but I think I will quietly go back into my hidding place!

 Well I am done now, so will come and join you!!  (did you remember to bring food and drink - I don´t know how long we will have to stay there )

The bunker is well stocked....I think we will survive any hostile attacks for several days!

A shocking story indeed and surely the woman concerned must have been mentally unbalanced to think of doing such a thing.    However ´in view of recent problems´?  You think people are being bullied?  It looked to me as though everybody involved in recent ´debates´ was giving as good as they got.

Sad, so sad, I think too many don´t realize how vulnerable others can be. Here is another shocking cyber incident....

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday.

There can be real consequences to rudeness.