Comments on: Resistance as vigilantism

By: Dalal

Dalal — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:53:12 +0000

Hmm louay you seem to have lost the point.we are in different frame of thoughts..never mind.

By: Louay Faour

Louay Faour — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:22:12 +0000

Yes, I am a typical Lebo, and EXTREMELY proud of it, because if someone is gonna just sit there and be negative so much and just blab on about Lebanon being in ruins, which it deff. isn’t, where will we leave place for hope and confidence.

Foreign influence is what the government needs to learn to stop, NOT THE PEOPLE, because its the people that are asking for this to end. Civil war is what our parents, and grandparents, and their parents caused in the country, why do you think so much youth left the country, because they didnt wana get caught up in the problems.

The Lebanese will learn when the politicians learn.. And you can tell your Aussie friend that with God in our hearts and hoping that much will be better for tommorow, seeming as WE cant do anything about it, might be such a good idea, as we all know many of these Aussies dont have moral or respectful values anyway..

I also said once to a Lebanese IN Lebanon, “Ma 7ada bya3ref 2eemit Lebnen 2ella ta yitirko”, they replied and answered, “bas ta ya3rfo 2eemitna hinni”.. You seem to know people that put you down along with allowing you to think the-same about your country.. Sad.

By: Dalal

Dalal — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:34:04 +0000

ahehe louay you’re such a typical Lebo..we sit by the fence and wish everything will be ok..true we are millions of miles away but honestly I hope somehow the day will come and we will make a difference. It’s not about being optimistic or pessimistic, the lebanese people are taking diffferent pathways with totallly different priorities. We have to learn from our mistakes hard lessons BUT NO we remain vulnerable with every possible foreign influence and interest tossing and twisting our minds every freakin way possible. Did Hizbollah come from nowhere? no it was a product of decades of suffering in the south enduring humiliation torture and children burnt with Napalm bombs. Hizbollah didn’t come from nowhere. The lebanese government and the Lebanese people are responsible for all what is happening to us. History bears witness to the bloody civil war which I believed was going to wipe out corruption and unite conflicting political parties for the sake of our precious land and innocent civilians. If we stand still today and do not at least say something, is a crime. If we don’t unite under one set of national values, unfortunately we will become a doormat for everone to wipe their feet. One Aussie told me years ago he said” you amaze me you lebos, you always leave everything to God” lol.

By: Louay Faour

Louay Faour — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:26:14 +0000

Dalal. You’ve made your point clear ok, but don’t you think Hezballah has changed its aim of trying to turn Lebanon into a Shiite state now, after it has realised that it literally CAN’T. I mean ok they’re powerful and whatever, but without Christians, there is no Lebanon, and I’m sure they know this! A lot of our government is made up of same family members, agreed, however why not give it a chance this time to see where they’re actually going… E.G. Minister Rayan Hassan (a female) is now the minister of finance, a lot of other younger adults have joined the government also… This is what might build trust and hope in the people. I personally have strong faith and hope, like many others, that all this cr*p about ‘Lebanon will never go anywhere far’ is just what we see today. Lets be opptimistic like the Lebanese living in the country and hope for a better tommorow, because its never hard in Lebanon.

By: Dalal

Dalal — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:29:13 +0000

Louay the lebanese people co-exist yes, they’re friendly and social yes… thats their nature but they’re not cohesive. unfortunately they don’t share goals, and they still act according to class or status. The gap is widening between upper and lower classes. government employees still accepting bribes, and many lebanese communities still feel discriminated against in the legal system and other government departments.Also theres a major fear from a shiit state similar to the fear of establishing a palestinian state in the 1970s. And what followed was horrible to experience. Am not talking about what lies on the surface of society but rather the big picture of the future of Lebanon. There is always inbalance in powers of particular religion…there are always leaders and their sons after..there are always people with authority that rule whichever way suits their interests and they’re not even questioned..Why? ans what do you think the consequences are for such a make-up? all fire under ashes.

By: Louay Faour

Louay Faour — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:32:59 +0000

May someone answer me on this: Do you think that Hezballah will give its weapons in and end its status as a ‘militia’, after Israel hands over the Shebba farms ?

By: Louay Faour

Louay Faour — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:31:32 +0000

Marillionlb, I agree, but I guess they chose to work their own way rather than wait for the government to do anything for them. And Dalal, I WOULD NOT state that the Lebanese people are shattered and divided… you seem to know little about the society today, much places you visit you will see co-existence no matter what the religion or political belief, however OK not everyone. I’m sorry to critisize, but you’re VERY harsh in what you say.

By: Dalal

Dalal — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:15:11 +0000

It’s very sad to see such the status of Lebanon today after years of painful years, blood and sufferings. The lebanese people are shattered and divided. Had our government performed its national duties of protecting its citizens and securing its borders according to the national Anthem, the situation would have been entirely different today. Decades of discrimination, inequality, prejudice and lack of patriotism have born this Lebanon whichs weaker and in extremely difficult conflict than ever before. Perhaps I still yearn for my Lebanon before the civil war..it had a lot of social and economic issues but nothing compared to the problems we are witnessing today of public division and the effects of outside political influences that driving the average lebanese citizen into deeper confusion.

By: Ghassan Karam

Ghassan Karam — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:38:23 +0000

Fauzia,
Unfortunately, your fears that Hezbollah is in control are true. It is rather to be expected that the owner of the largest gun becomes the bully of the neighbourhood. The bully acts according to one principle only
; My way or the highway. I do not see on the horizon any domestic catalyst that can change the current setup. Change , as you have rightfully indicated, could come from a radical change in the geopolitics of the region.

Marillionlb,
Hezbollahs’ Divine right to resist is exclusive. God approves of killings by sisterly countries when said countries are willing to supply the Hezbs’ illegal militias with arms. There is nothing patriotic about this resistance. It is simply a blind pursuit of a religious belief issued by a Grand Ayatollah in Qom.

By: Marillionlb

Marillionlb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:55:10 +0000

@Louay,

Why is it that most Lebanese tend to forget that Lebanese government (past and present) failed in providing basic necessities to many areas of Lebanon (not only mainly Shia areas). Does this give the right to all to set up a state within a state, build its own arsenal, telecommunication network, kidnap people on the airport road…etc. This excuse is not only not valid but outdated. As for the “Divine” right to resist any aggressor I still wonder why fellow Lebanese were being killed by our “sisterly” neighbor Hizbullah never resisted. I guess they are very selective when it comes to identifying who the enemies of Lebanon are.
N.B:I guess it was part of “resisting” that led them to kidnap Joseph Sader !