tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post112627420413888817..comments2024-03-23T02:40:59.858-05:00Comments on The Lebanese Bloggers: Lebanon UpdatesRajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1126368237609289642005-09-10T11:03:00.000-05:002005-09-10T11:03:00.000-05:00Hassan, some questions:1. Is the street really ob...Hassan, some questions:<BR/><BR/>1. Is the street really obsessed with the Mehlis report and its consequences? Please be more specific.<BR/><BR/>2. With regards to Jumblatt's stand on Lebanon's "Arab identity," please explain why you think he's so worried. Considering that Future, Hizballah and Jumby are among the most powerfull players in Lebanon, one could easily assume that Lebanon's "Arab identity" (whatever the fuck that means) is pretty secure.<BR/><BR/>3. I just wanted to mention that I disagree with your assertion about Lebanese growth and relations with its neighbors. If Lebanese economic growth instigates growth in certain sectors of our neighors' economy, they will think twice before doing anything. Furthermore, if Lebanon allies itself with regional powers that are not necessarily immediate neighbors, the threat from our neighbors could be mitigated. What do you think?<BR/><BR/>4. Hassan, when you mention the failure of the ruling majority to give guarnatees to the non-HA Shi'a that their rights will not be compromised, what exactly do you mean? What kind of guarantees? If political, then elaborate. If economic, also, please elaborate. You give an example of jobs. But could anyone guarantee jobs? And even if that were possible would such a guarantee entice members of the Shi'a community to shift political loyalties.<BR/><BR/>Okay, those are my questions. I think you might find it necessary to post an entry in response. Don't take too long to answer, though!Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1126310679511848382005-09-09T19:04:00.000-05:002005-09-09T19:04:00.000-05:00LP, what anger are you talking about? I didn't se...LP, what anger are you talking about? I didn't sense anger in this post. Writing about the reality isn't an expression of lack of control, or of anger. <BR/><BR/>I don't think any of us should have the misconception that blogging will give you more control over the country - the most it can do is allow an exchange of ideas between people who are related in one way - they are lebanese.Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388532206190051913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1126301972532695932005-09-09T16:39:00.000-05:002005-09-09T16:39:00.000-05:00It seems a lot of us are currently blogging out of...It seems a lot of us are currently blogging out of anger.<BR/>The most pathetic part of it all is how little control we have the country.Charles Malikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09009178114562065398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1126276933824355742005-09-09T09:42:00.000-05:002005-09-09T09:42:00.000-05:00Hassan, I just wanted to thank you for this inform...Hassan, I just wanted to thank you for this informative post. Your review of the positions of the two teams (as you refer to them) was clear-headed and insightful. Your research into Mehlis was also revealing. It is good to keep this in mind, eventhough I desperately hope that the conspiracy theorists are wrong, or that at least Mehlis has learnt his lesson.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, these matters of intrigue are beyond our capacity to comprehend, because we simply don't have the information that is necessary for any kind of serious analysis. What we can do is merely speculate.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Your last segment on socio-economic inequalities and the lack of a vision for a new Lebanon is your own opinion and it is what I agree with most. Where is the vission? <BR/><BR/>It is an inherent fact: a leader must lead his or her followers somewhere! Where do our leaders want to take us? Unfortunately there really is no satisfactory answer comming out of their mouths at this moment. We are currently at a disgusting standstill. I feel that we are in a sitting around in a gutter; and that we're going no where fast!Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.com