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[mailto:lebanon-articles-bounces@MIT.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Jimmy Kassis<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:12
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> S H<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b>
leb-students@lists.stanford.edu; lebanon-articles@mit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [LCM Articles] What
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>screw you, you
ignorant-intolerant-iranian-ass-kissing-syrian-butt-hole-licking low life<br>
<br>
If you can't handle debate and alterative view points, go buy yourself a
one-way ticket to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tehran</st1:place></st1:City>!<br>
<br>
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> From: shraybi@hotmail.com<br>
> To: kingkassis@hotmail.com; leb-students@lists.stanford.edu;
lebanon-articles@mit.edu<br>
> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One more
thing...<br>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:42:14 +0000<br>
> <br>
> Jimmy Kassis,<br>
> <br>
> Would you please SHUT UP ......... i can't stand this Israeili any more<br>
> <br>
> Sorry for the rest of you....<br>
> <br>
> S H<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----Original Message Follows----<br>
>
From: "Jimmy Kassis" <kingkassis@hotmail.com><br>
>
To: <leb-students@lists.stanford.edu>, <lebanon-articles@mit.edu><br>
> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One <br>
> more thing...<br>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:28:50 -0400<br>
> <br>
>
I respect the wishes of the moderator and I will not further comment on this <br>
>
thread. But as the originator of this thread I will make these last 3 <br>
> points.<br>
> Unity:<br>
>
Many people commented on unity as the reason for standing behind Hezbollah <br>
> and focusing on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> and what they have done in reaction to the Hezbollah <br>
> provocation.<br>
>
I will argue that this approach will divide us rather than unite us. We <br>
>
must start doing with is RIGHT not what is politically correct. What is <br>
>
right is to feel outraged and betrayed by what Hezbollah have instigated. <br>
>
Even Arab nations are not denying these facts.<br>
> <br>
> Call for Demonstration:If all we say STOP THE ISRAELI WAR ON <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">LEBANON</st1:place></st1:country-region> as the <br>
>
slogan committee suggested, and we do not parallel this message with calls <br>
>
for a solution to Hezbollah, namely their disarmament, than we are doing a <br>
> our country a huge disservice. How credible and how effective will we be in <br>
>
the eyes of the world if we turn a blind eye to the elephant in the room??<br>
> <br>
> Negotiations:<br>
>
I am appalled by the suggestion that we should avoid war even if it means 20 <br>
> years of negotiation with Hezbollah. Do we want to spend the next 20 years <br>
>
fearful of a militia group that is accountable to no one and that has track <br>
>
record of acting irresponsibly? What will we do next time Nassrallah <br>
>
decides to show his solidarity with our palestinian brothers and go kidnap <br>
>
and kill a few jews? Will we vote him out of office? What will we the <br>
> next time <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> is cornered over some its nuclear issue and stirs up trouble <br>
>
through Hezbollah? There is NO future in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>, or any country, that has a <br>
> state within a state. This a time for us to make a stand against <br>
>
Hezballah, let's not f*** it up like we did with the presidency.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:36:17 -0400> From: ssolomon@mit.edu> To: <br>
> wassimh@hotmail.com> CC: leb-students@lists.stanford.edu; <br>
>
lebanon-articles@mit.edu; alwaysbekind@msn.com> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] <br>
>
What is wrong with you people?? One more thing...> > I am actually not using <br>
>
exact statisctics.> > Still, you have to say that (sorry for the ta2ifiyye <br>
>
here) the huge > majority of> shiite people (35% of the Eligible voters in <br>
>
the last elections were shiite> -annhar archive-) and a significant part of <br>
>
the Sunnis (37% of the eligible> voters in the last elections were Sunnis) <br>
> and some of the rest of the> population (less Maronites than Roman or other <br>
>
Christian sects) do belive that> Hizballah is our only defense against an <br>
>
enemy that we can never trust.> > This is why I said that 30-->50 % of the <br>
> people would prefer that > hizballah keep> its weapons. (note that shiites <br>
>
have an age pyramid that is wider than > all other> sects at the bottom. So, <br>
>
in terms of population (not voters) they are probably> more than any other <br>
> sect in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>).> > > Quoting Wassim Heneine <wassimh@hotmail.com>:> > > I <br>
>
agree on most what you said except your statistics in the 2 paragraphs. I> > <br>
>
might be wrong. Please provide supporting document.> >> > -----Original <br>
>
Message-----> > From: lebanon-articles-bounces@mit.edu> > <br>
> [mailto:lebanon-articles-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Sleiman M Itani> > <br>
>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 5:56 PM> > To: rmekary@aol.com> > Cc: <br>
>
lebanon-articles@mit.edu; leb-students@lists.stanford.edu;> > <br>
>
alwaysbekind@msn.com> > Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you <br>
>
people?? One more> > thing...> >> > Even if everybody on this list agrees <br>
>
that Hizballah is bad, more than 30%> > (I> > would say even 50%) of the <br>
>
Lebanese people want Hizballah to keep its> > weapons> > just to be a thorn <br>
> in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s side. There is a good number of Lebanese> > people> > who see <br>
> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> as an enemy no matter what.> >> > Just remember that Hizballah has <br>
> the biggest support in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> (as one> > party,> > not a coalition), and <br>
> even if we don't agree with those people, we have to> > respect their <br>
>
rights. We can't just claim that they don't exist and keep> > them> > <br>
>
unrepresented.> >> > now for what I think ( I think one of the articles <br>
>
posted here said the same> > thing): hizballah's move this time might have <br>
>
been taken as the reason for> > the> > Israeli attacks. I think that some <br>
> time ago <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> had the green light (or> > an> > invitation) from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, <br>
> the Arabs and some people in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Note that> > hizballah's weapons <br>
> haven't been a problem for Israel for some time now,> > they> > are just a <br>
>
problem for some people in Lebanon.> >> > I think that it is not only <br>
>
Hizballah's (Syria and Iran) fault, it is also> > the> > fault of the <br>
>
Americans, the Arabs (Saudi arabia, Egypt, Jordan), and> > the people> > in <br>
>
the Lebanese government who knew that many Lebanese people will die> > but <br>
>
still> > wanted revenge against Hizballah.> >> > Plus, without killing a <br>
>
million Lebanese people, Hizballah can't be removed.> > This is true weather <br>
>
Israel or the Lebanese army are trying to do it. If you> > don't know that, <br>
> then you don't know much about <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The only way> > to remove> > <br>
>
hizballah is to erode its popularity first (maybe create a shiite party> > <br>
> that is> > anti syrian but still anti Israeli,) and I think that this is the <br>
>
objective> > of> > the Israeli offensive.> >> > Anyways, these are just my <br>
>
thoughts.> >> > The point is that we want to eat grapes and not to kill the <br>
>
keeper. We need> > to> > have a united front and do this from a humanitarian <br>
>
aspect because there is> > no> > united view on the political aspect. United <br>
>
we stand, departed we fall.> >> > Also, we have to believe in peace, <br>
>
democracy, and in the intellect of the> > Lebanese people. Even if it takes <br>
>
20 years of negotiations to disarm> > Hizballah,> > that is the right way to <br>
>
do it. We have to learn to show the world unity and> > solve our problems <br>
>
between us, democratically. This is one of the main> > reasons> > for the <br>
> success of the Israeli governments. <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> has a lot of internal> > problems <br>
>
(including armed groups that the government can't practically> > control), <br>
>
but they don't solve them by destroying themselves.> >> > I just hope that <br>
> this doesn't last too long. We don't need another 16 years> > of> > war.> >> <br>
>
> Salamat> >> >> > Quoting rmekary@aol.com:> >> >> Great. Thanks Walid.> <br>
>
>> This being said, how can we take actions and spread the word and ask> >> <br>
>
both of Hizballah and Israel to stop?> >> We shoud mainly ask Hizbalah to go <br>
>
fight Israel in Iran and Syria and> >> to leave Lebanon alone.> >> If we all <br>
>
agree on that, we should state this clearly all over the world.> >> We <br>
>
should literally ask Hizballh to stop fighting Israel on our> >> Lebanese <br>
>
land for an Iranian/ Syrian/ Palestinian cause.> >>> >> Do you all agree?> <br>
>
>> If yes, let's do something about it ASAP.> >>> >> Sincerely,> >> Rania.> <br>
>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: r_walid@hotmail.com> >> To: <br>
> rmekary@aol.com; abitdodgy@hotmail.com; kingkassis@hotmail.com;> >> <br>
>
leb-students@lists.stanford.edu; lebanon-articles@mit.edu> >> Sent: Wed, 19 <br>
>
Jul 2006 10:54 AM> >> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you <br>
>
people?? One more> > thing...> >>> >> Finally we are waking up and <br>
>
realizing the truth. We are realizing> >> that Hizbullah's ultimate goal was <br>
>
completed long ago, we should now> >> thank them and it is now time for them <br>
> to let <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> take all> >> military and other decisions for itself. I am <br>
>
sorry for all the pain> >> the Palestinians are suffering, but i don't see <br>
>
why we also need to> >> pay the price by having a militia that tickles the <br>
>
wasp's nest every> >> once in a while. We, the civilians, always end up <br>
> being stung the> >> most by these actions.> >>> >> From: rmekary@aol.com> <br>
>
>> To: abitdodgy@hotmail.com, kingkassis@hotmail.com,> >> <br>
>
leb-students@lists.stanford.edu, lebanon-articles@mit.edu> >> Subject: Re: <br>
>
[LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One more> > thing...> >> <br>
>
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>>> >> Dear all,> >>> >> I read all the comments.> >> At least we all <br>
>
agree we want Israel to stop its unhumanitarian attacks.> >> I am afraid it <br>
>
is too late now after all the destruction.> >> But let's learn one lesson <br>
>
though: we should also ask for hizballah to> > stop> >> fighting Israel... <br>
>
The more they fight Israel, the more Lebanon is> > destroyed.> >> So why <br>
> don't we all ask for BOTH parties to stop????> >> Why don't we ask Israel to <br>
>
go fight Iran and Syrian on THEIR land and> >> not ours?> >> Hizballah can <br>
>
get out and fight on an Iranian land... do we really> >> want Hizballah?> >> <br>
> They are bringing nothing but destruction and war from Israel to Lebanon.> <br>
>
>>> >> We, Lebanese, Christinas and Muslims, shoud all ask for Hizballah <br>
>
to> >> stop their action as well....> >> <br>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> >> Rania Mekary, Ph.D.> >> Harvard <br>
> School of Public Health> >> Nutrition Department> >> 655 Huntington Avenue, <br>
>
Building 2> >> Boston, Ma 02115> >> Voice mail: 617-432-6343> >> Fax: <br>
>
617-432-2435> >> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/researchers/rmekary.html> >> <br>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> >> -----Original Message-----> >> From: <br>
>
abitdodgy@hotmail.com> >> To: kingkassis@hotmail.com; <br>
>
leb-students@lists.stanford.edu;> >> lebanon-articles@mit.edu> >> Sent: Wed, <br>
>
19 Jul 2006 1:01 AM> >> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you <br>
> people?? One more> > thing...> >>> >> Before this list gets moderated, <br>
>
allow me to say the following:> >> Jimmy, what a bloody pratt you are! You <br>
>
want me to call an apple an> >> apple? Well, I just did. You want to <br>
> "applaud" Israel for killing> >> countless Lebanese civilians, destroying <br>
>
the economy and> >> infrastructure of our country under the pretence of self <br>
>
defense,> >> then knock your self out, but know this: No one is condoning <br>
>
the> >> actions of Hezbollah; we?re condemning the heavy handed actions of> <br>
>
>> Israel and its collective punishment of Lebanon and its people, which> <br>
>
>> constitutes of a violation of the Geneva Convention and International> <br>
>
>> Law. Come on, let me hear you clap. The government of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> said it> >> <br>
> was <st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region> pulling the strings, then let them go bomb <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region>> >> and <br>
> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I apologize to all recipients of this list for being out> >> of <br>
>
character, but my 85 year old mother had to evacuate right after> >> she had <br>
> an operation, and our dear Jimmy thinks we should applaud> >> that. My <br>
>
apologies for using derogatory language, but I wish there> >> was a polite <br>
>
way to call an idiot an idiot. Not only are you> >> senseless, dear Jimmy, <br>
> but you lack perspective and the analytical> >> capacity to understand that <br>
>
the biggest loser in this conflict is> >> <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> and not Hezbollah. The <br>
>
idiocy of morally decrepit people who> >> see nothing wrong with the <br>
> destruction of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the death of> >> its civilians as long as they <br>
>
are under the illusion that Hezbollah> >> are being destroyed is mind <br>
>
boggling. Open your eyes and witness who> >> the real losers are. Good <br>
>
night! We're not expressing support> >> for Hezbollah, we are expressing <br>
> solidarity and support for the> >> Lebanese living through a genocide you <br>
>
have no shame in appluadng.> >> From: "Jimmy Kassis" <br>
>
<kingkassis@hotmail.com>> >> To: <leb-students@lists.stanford.edu>, <br>
>
<lebanon-articles@mit.edu>> >> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong <br>
>
with you people?? One more> > thing...> >> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:20 <br>
>
-0400> >>> >> Instead of replying with emotionally charged responses, full <br>
>
of> >> personal attacks, I would appreciate if you actually come up with> >> <br>
> alternative ideas of disarming Hisballah, i.e. curing the deadly> >> cancer, <br>
>
rather than giving it a Tylenol by saying STOP THE WAR!! I> >> want to know <br>
>
what is next?? spend the next 20 years negotiating with> >> them while they <br>
> build up their capabilities again?> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> From: <br>
>
kingkassis@hotmail.com> >> To: philippesaad@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 18 Jul <br>
>
2006 23:22:38 -0400> >> CC: leb-students@lists.stanford.edu; <br>
>
lebanon-articles@mit.edu> >> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with <br>
>
you people??> >>> >> Rania, I don?t think I am stating the obvious. After <br>
>
reading all> >> the comments sent out, the ?obvious? is that no one seems to <br>
>
have the> >> balls to speak out against Hezbollah for fear of being labeled> <br>
> >> unpatriotic. For a condemnation of Hezbollah is perceived as support> >> <br>
> for <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> which in itself is unpatriotic Farrah I don?t condone> >> <br>
> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region> destroying all of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>. 95% of the bombing has been> >> targeted <br>
> to Hezbollah strongholds. Hezbollah chooses to operate from> >> within <br>
>
civilian areas. That in itself is outrageous; the people> >> supporting <br>
>
Hezbollah should not allow them to launch attacks form> >> hospital <br>
>
rooftops. We should all rise up and speak out against that.> >> Again I <br>
>
don?t condone the destruction of my own country, but I> >> understand the <br>
> other 5% of the bombing that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> is doing to send a> >> message to the <br>
>
Lebanese government. Elias Israel may not defeat> >> them completely but <br>
> they will sure weaken them to the point where> >> just maybe the Lebanese <br>
>
army can dare to venture to the south and do> >> what is supposed to do and <br>
>
patrol the border. Israeli exacting> >> revenge on the Lebanese?? Why? For <br>
>
what? You and I both know that> >> <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> only want security on its <br>
>
northern border. They have proven> >> that when they COMPLETELY withdrew in <br>
>
2000. Maurice I won?t> >> disappear. Deal with it. I don?t agree with <br>
>
taking the country back> >> 20 years. But I want a solution a permanent one. <br>
>
I am sick and tired> >> of holding Hezbollah?s hand begging them to disarm. <br>
>
At the rate we> >> are moving with Hezbollah and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region> they would have taken <br>
>
us back 20> >> years anyways. Philippe Before you go questioning my <br>
> Lebanese> >> identity, my patriotism, and calling me a coward let me tell <br>
>
you> >> something about myself. My house was burned to the ground by the> >> <br>
>
Druze in 1981; my house was then leveled to the ground by the Israeli> >> <br>
> invasion in 1982 in the mountains. My house again destroyed in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City>> >> <br>
>
and my mother badly injured from Syrian shelling in 1989. And some> >> more <br>
>
destruction was piled on my house and family from the Lebanese> >> Forces <br>
>
with their war with GMA. Despite all that, I love <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>, I> >> love the <br>
> people, and I believe in a united <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> with Christians> >> and Muslims <br>
>
living together as one people. I truly believe in that> >> vision. I don?t <br>
>
believe us as Lebanese have united enough to disarm> >> Hezbollah. Hezbollah <br>
> being the undisputed puppets of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>,> >> I hold them responsible <br>
>
for the death of some of the finest people> >> that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> ever produced <br>
>
from Hariri and Tueini to the rest you> >> know the list I won?t repeat <br>
> here. After what round of talks were you> >> expecting Hezbollah to disarm? <br>
>
Hezbollah wanted every Arab and> >> Iranian issue resolved before they did <br>
>
anything. Is that what you> >> want? I am tired as stated of listening to <br>
>
their lame ass excuses of> >> why they need to be armed. Yes the death of <br>
>
250 civilians is> >> horrible, but if the end result is a country free of <br>
>
militias in> >> peace with ALL its neighbors working to build a bright <br>
>
future for its> >> children, then their death is well worth it.> >>> >> <br>
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