"It's out of our hands.....we have had no other option!" Phrases you would hear nowadays from an intellectual or a politician defending murder and injustice. Such phrases are, in effect, the refrain of a helpless prostitute or an arrested burglar. And when you beg to differ, telling them all 'No! There was an option indeed; you should have adhered to values and principles, which distinguishes developed societies from undeveloped ones, you will be showered with a salvo of swear words! In other words, double standards will lead us nowhere. We should stick to the same standards we applied previously with Mubarak, (former Egyptian defence minister) Tantawy and Morsi. We should not be caught in the same snare of hypocrisy as did the Muslim Brotherhood. They did not avail of the power they struggled to attain, and thought that it would remain forever. Hence, they lost the power and lost themselves. An IG translated excerpt from an article by Egyptian writer Belal Fadl Al-Shrouk newspaper, November 28, 2013.