Hasta La Ideas

Revolutions have been fought with sticks, rocks, muskets and carbines. This being the 21st Century, it ought be no surprise that protestors are now packing lasers. But not the types of lasers you might have envisioned.

Over the weekend, a photograph shot by Cairo-based news photographer Khaled Desouki for Agence France-Presse went viral. As hundreds of thousands of protestors flooded the streets of Cairo to demand President Mohammed Morsi step down, a military chopper was called in. Dozens or hundreds of protestors scattered throughout the crowd responded by individually aiming their laser pointers at it, hoping to dazzle the sightlines of its occupants.

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