There are a number of things that need to be said before this somewhat modest piece of dissent could put me in front of a judge.
The center of Tahrir Square is now encircled by a symbol of Mr. Mubarak's rule: the black-clad and helmeted riot police who ritually overwhelmed even modest shows of dissent for 30 years.
His dissent took more modest forms — he marched, did a little speaking, and, inspired by Allard Lowenstein, threw himself into registering young voters — and he took his time about going into politics.
When the Senate voted this week for an open-ended commitment to aid a war against drug cultivation in Colombia, 11 senators dissented by supporting a modest amendment.
"I don't think you can change the electoral system even modestly, and this is a modest change, when you have very serious dissent between the political parties in the way we do.
With a modest investment, VIP pushed its product far above the competition, none of which had so much enthusiasm with so little dissent.
But other voices dissent.
