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Those who have views different from others might have them shoved down their throats. By Tamam Darwish in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyasa....

"A country where demonstration is prohibited is a country whose people is deprived of the most basic of human rights -- the right to express pain." -- Mohamed Hamad, Al-Arabi

"The Ikhwan, Enough and communists are pulling the country into a swamp of tension." -- Karam Gabr, Rose El-Youssef

"If we complain about the oppressiveness of the ruling party and its absolute majority we complain even more of an opposition that is divided unto itself, that prefers the party over the nation, the state over revolution, governance over social change, the immediate over the long-term and the present over the future." -- Hassan Hanafi, Al-Arabi

"The 1980s was the decade where the US accorded support to radical and religious elements against the atheist enemy. The confrontation was at two levels with Pope John Paul II taking centre stage and Osama Bin Laden handling the background -- but equally important -- battle." -- Joseph Samahah, As-Safir

"The Lebanese constitution... is being slowly but surely killed and buried by some of the officials of this dysfunctional regime." -- Rageh Al-Khouri, An-Nahar

"The Arab scene today is in very bad shape. It is worse than it ever was." -- Mohamed Al-Romeihi, Al-Bayan