what is so disturbing about the political situation in lebanon is the stance that people take.
-if you are not with march 14 then you are pro-hizbullah
-if you are pro-hizbullah then you are pro-syrian
-of course, if you are pro-aoun then you are pro-hizbullah and by transitive property, you are therefore pro-syria
nevermind that "pro-hizbullah" and "pro-syria" are two vague terms.
what do they mean?
let's tackle "pro-hizbullah": does it mean extreme religious far-right fanatic? if so, the same applies to gea3gea3 and his followers. it's just a different religion.
or does it mean anti-liberalism/progress? but that depends on what liberalism and progress are defined by. if liberalism is an expression of only a certain part of society, the one that is "comfortable" (to translate from arabic) with its situation (merte7a 3a wad3a) then it's not true liberalism. it does not transcend all social classes. all economic classes. and if hizbullah were truly threatening the "liberalism not to mention the liberty" of lebanon, why didn't they do so a looong time ago, knowing they were the only group with weapons?
it is very easy for the privileged, for the ones in power, for the ones that have known nothing but "comfort" to frown upon an entity that has known nothing but struggle and neglect, this entity that seems "foreign" and thus threatening. i say this because i am disgusted by the outpourings of grief and outrage at the fear that we may, once again, be under the rule of "syria".
well whoever said that it's an either/or situation but us?
can we not be pro-lebanon, (by the way pro-lebanon also includes the shiites, whether you like it or not) but not pro-syria OR pro-west?
does anyone consider that aoun and hizbullah may not necessarily be "pro-syria" (and i'm taking that term, right now, to mean slaves to syria) but pro-lebanon?
how can anyone place hopes in joumblat and gea3gea3 - don't people know that people don't change?????
and don't people know that our electoral system encourages the monopoly and travesty that is taking place as we speak?
who dares to say that what we have is truly a democracy?
i for one am ashamed to say that. we can blame israel for bombs but let's blame our narrow-minded, dichotomous mentality for all the rest.
-once again, a disgusted lebanese
-if you are not with march 14 then you are pro-hizbullah
-if you are pro-hizbullah then you are pro-syrian
-of course, if you are pro-aoun then you are pro-hizbullah and by transitive property, you are therefore pro-syria
nevermind that "pro-hizbullah" and "pro-syria" are two vague terms.
what do they mean?
let's tackle "pro-hizbullah": does it mean extreme religious far-right fanatic? if so, the same applies to gea3gea3 and his followers. it's just a different religion.
or does it mean anti-liberalism/progress? but that depends on what liberalism and progress are defined by. if liberalism is an expression of only a certain part of society, the one that is "comfortable" (to translate from arabic) with its situation (merte7a 3a wad3a) then it's not true liberalism. it does not transcend all social classes. all economic classes. and if hizbullah were truly threatening the "liberalism not to mention the liberty" of lebanon, why didn't they do so a looong time ago, knowing they were the only group with weapons?
it is very easy for the privileged, for the ones in power, for the ones that have known nothing but "comfort" to frown upon an entity that has known nothing but struggle and neglect, this entity that seems "foreign" and thus threatening. i say this because i am disgusted by the outpourings of grief and outrage at the fear that we may, once again, be under the rule of "syria".
well whoever said that it's an either/or situation but us?
can we not be pro-lebanon, (by the way pro-lebanon also includes the shiites, whether you like it or not) but not pro-syria OR pro-west?
does anyone consider that aoun and hizbullah may not necessarily be "pro-syria" (and i'm taking that term, right now, to mean slaves to syria) but pro-lebanon?
how can anyone place hopes in joumblat and gea3gea3 - don't people know that people don't change?????
and don't people know that our electoral system encourages the monopoly and travesty that is taking place as we speak?
who dares to say that what we have is truly a democracy?
i for one am ashamed to say that. we can blame israel for bombs but let's blame our narrow-minded, dichotomous mentality for all the rest.
-once again, a disgusted lebanese
posted by rouba at
12:14 AM
9 Comments:
it's disgusting rouba, things dont look good at all
By
Laila K, at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:12:00 AM
tfouh!
gotta run
we're back in business
By
rouba, at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:37:00 AM
vegas? wat r u smoking? i want some :)
By
Laila K, at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:13:00 PM
no smokin'
stopped that nasty habit
most of the time
shou? fakkreh fiya leish la2?
(let's talk abt it offline, this post was supposed to be stern and syrious)
By
rouba, at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:16:00 PM
Last I checked, "syrious" is spelled like this (serious). Unless, you are hinting at something...
By
Mr. N., at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:57:00 PM
Furthermore, Rouba, you are speaking the same way as the pro-whoever in Lebanon. When you say things like...
"...does anyone consider that aoun and hizbullah may not necessarily be "pro-syria" (and i'm taking that term, right now, to mean slaves to syria) but pro-lebanon?
how can anyone place hopes in joumblat and gea3gea3 - don't people know that people don't change?????..."
Just because we are NOT pro-Hizballah, does not mean we are pro-Geagea or whichever "warlord" you wish to mention. Rouba, buddy, they are all the same, and they all need to be overthrown. They are all greedy, and wish to stay in power by any means necessary. Including Hasan Nasrallah. Moreover, as far as monopoly is concerned, I believe it is safe to say that Hizballah has a fairly decent game of monopoly going on in South Lebanon. I dont see any democracy in their backyard; there are no representatives in the South for those who dont support the Nasrallah regime. This is simple proof that the corruption you speak of is everywhere.
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Mr. N., at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:07:00 PM
mr n, syriously now
what i meant by "prolebanon" is basically not pro-anything foreign.
and i disagree that nasrallah is the same as gea3gea3 and jumblat; now i'm not saying he's a saint but comparing histories, i'd take his word instead of geagea or jumblat (jumblat's many many words)
knowing that he never had a sectarian agenda, at least
and neither did aoun
and if the christians in the south are not well-represented, it is not because of a nasrallah "monopoly", it's because of our shitty electoral system that allows oligarchy.
i'm talking about pausing for one second and considering the alternative to march 14, who stand for, well, hmmm, let's think, what do they stand for? they stand for anti-syrianism? that's it? then what? let's be against syria but segregate a third if not more of the population. that's asking for trouble.
so the alternative would be more representation for aoun in the govt, yes, and more christians would feel justly represented. dealing with our affairs internally rather than handing trump cards to america and france (who could become friends of syria anytime soon if it helps them out in iraq), and being independant, truly independant internally, with our external alliances, of course, like any other country.
hey
is it easier to argue on the blog? :)
By
rouba, at Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:46:00 PM
"...and i disagree that nasrallah is the same as gea3gea3 and jumblat..."
Please...
You know what dude, I keep telling you, killoon akhra min ba3d!
The guy and his so called enemy just fucking destroyed half the country with his heroics. Now, if you consider your people and your country to be militaristic, then I guess that is OK. But, pal, war is not for us. WAR SHOULD NEVER BE FOR US. Furthermore, don't ever give someone an excuse to enter your country like what happened in July-August '06. Don't ever tell me "baddeh waje3oon" because "ma twaja3o abaddan!" The only thing "yelleh twajja3" is the Southern Shiites/his own people, your economy, your reputation, and the infrastructure of your country; if you truely care about it that is. If you cant get this my friend, and I know you will (as usual) be stubborn about it, well then, this is the reason we dont have "change" in Lebanon.
By
Mr. N., at Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:05:00 AM
buddy! who said i was stubborn??
huh? huh? pal?
By
rouba, at Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:29:00 PM
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