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Comment on Let’s Get Something Right by nightS

nightS — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:50:43 +0000

Seif, you have the right to say whatever you want whenever you want.
I don’t believe Gaegae has charisma but you do..big deal as you said! We can argue about it forever but won’t end up in insulting each other (ok maybe him a bit =P)

But I have to dislike one thing in what you said:
We can list all of the criminals of the civil war and what they did, but it won’t make him less horrible or bad. Same goes for the flag thing, holding the Iranian flag in a rally does not make holding the Saudi flag in another rally okay! You can’t fight bad with another “bad”.

Oh and I wouldn’t label Fatah as the Palestinians in any way! Especially after the “paper” leaks and when it comes to the civil war.

Comment on Let’s Get Something Right by Riham

Riham — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:56:15 +0000

Well, this disgusts me for more than one reason, but I will only mention the most important one. Before I left Lebanon, I had reached a stage of my Lebanese existence where politics became very clear to me. I realized that politics was the reason I was so stressed, pissed off and cynical. I saw that politicians kept arguing with each other, agreeing and disagreeing, changing sides and giving speeches full of hate and most importantly bullshit. & when things got bad, the only people who were being negatively affected were us. It was us who were stuck at home when they take the streets. It was our young men and women who were taking the streets and killing each other while our beloved leaders were sitting in their well lit homes –while we drown in our 3 hour long daily darkness– enjoying the view and occasionally making speeches asking us to stop it. No matter how much they fight, we are the ones who were getting screwed. So I stopped listening. I stopped going to demonstrations, watching the news or discussing politics with anyone, regardless of whether or not they were on “my side”

The optimistic part of me likes to believe that people from my generation, those who are well educated, those who are part of the social media community and are exposed to the same information that I am exposed to, are the same way. So whenever I hear someone mindlessly repeating the same bullshit we hear on tv, the same bullshit being fed to us by our “leaders”, all I want to do is puke.

I love Lebanon, and I love the Lebanese. It’s so disappointing that more often than not, I am disgusted.

Comment on Let’s Get Something Right by Beirut Spring: No, Bloggers Did Not “Snub Hariri’s Rally”

Beirut Spring: No, Bloggers Did Not “Snub Hariri’s Rally” — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:34:01 +0000

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Comment on Old Beirut Anyone? by Bilal

Bilal — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:37:15 +0000

Thanks guys, you’re all amazing!

Comment on Old Beirut Anyone? by Gaby

Gaby — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:35:34 +0000

Checked it out, amazing collection!

Comment on Old Beirut Anyone? by frandi

frandi — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:07:00 +0000

Great blog seifandbeirut, and thanks for the old photos. I really love seeing the places my grandparents lived in. Ignore the negative comments – I don’t know why people bother!,

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