This language placed the events at the Gare du Nord in a long tradition of popular uprisings in the city – from the days of La Fronde through to the French Revolution and the Commune, these have been a defining feature of Parisian history.
But that hasn't happened yet, because the majority of smartphone owners tend not to have regular access to agenda-setting uprisings.
But it has always been a fatal error to underestimate Somali uprisings or revolts.
Fear of the domino effect of the uprisings prompted Abdullah to seek Gulf unity, but resistance from Qatar and Oman put the unification project on hold.
Like other Arab leaders, Abdullah was surprised by the Arab uprisings of 2011 and feared the power of peaceful protest reaching the quiet kingdom.
The danger in ignoring the negative side of the Gulf/west relationship has become increasingly apparent since the Arab uprisings broke out almost four years ago.
It is not hard to see why.What those popular uprisings demanded was an end to despotism, an end to humiliation at the hands of the powerful, and a better lot for everyone.But the turmoil has brought few tangible rewards.
From the uprisings at the end of the cold war, to Serbia in 2000, to the "colour revolutions" in Georgia and Ukraine, techniques have evolved that increase the cost of state abuses and make the opposition's innocence plain.
Overall, they conclude, peaceful uprisings are twice as likely to succeed as violent ones (even if the current protests in Bulgaria have yet to achieve much).That rule has an important condition: unity.
Arab-spring uprisings culminated in the loss of Libyan crude from the markets in 2011 after the outbreak of civil war.
When, on the other hand, authoritarian governments are overthrown in military uprisings (as opposed to peaceful revolutions, which are more common), the arms that defeat them come from defecting soldiers or outside aid.
