[LCM Articles] Proposing an initiative (was Re: It's about time)

[Rabih Zbib]

So the solution is a mailing list!!

On 1/25/07, Habib Haddad <hadidhabbab at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Great movie Abdallah !
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> I tend to think, or at least I like to think, that most of Lebanon's young
> generation falls in the non-political affiliation category. Unfortunately in
> times of crisis, the need for a political affiliation forces itself leaving
> people with no choice but to pick a party based on religion or even worse,
> on very shallow reasons when religion is not a decisive factor.
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> I believe this is natural to happen. People living a crisis want to have a
> sense of attachment to a bigger group. This is how it starts and few years
> later those people find themselves still belonging to the same group. Most
> don't even have solid justifications for their affiliation. They just use
> cliches imprinted on them by the medias.
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> With today's internet reaching every house in Lebanon, it would be easy to
> create a virtual group that gives a feeling of attachment to people.
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> I would like to get your opinion on the following initiative:
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> Create a non-political non-religious affiliation with very simple
> principles. No to sectarianism, No to blind political affiliation, No to
> violence of any kind.
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> It would be naïve to think that this could resolve the country's issues, but
> it could be a start of an ideological movement in an attempt to break the
> vicious circle of this blind loyalty to a politcal party or its Leader. It
> would also give a sense of attachment even for a small group of people.
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> To succeed, this initiative should be totally anonymous. People would join
> by signing their names and emails as show of commitment. If it is a good
> idea it will pick up on its own, and will slowly grow, and if enough
> motivated people join they will have more creative ideas on how to evolve
> and spread the word.
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>  From: "Mohamad El-Husseini" <abitdodgy at hotmail.com>
> To: abdallah.jabbour at gmail.com, lebanon-articles at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] It's about time
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:01:58 -0500
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> Thank you for posting this, Abdallah.
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> This has been my sentiment for a long time; the sentiment that was lost to
> anger in my last email, but which I have stated on countless occasions.
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> A star danced, and under it they were born.
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> From:  "Abdallah Jabbour" <abdallah.jabbour at gmail.com>
> To:  "LCM Articles" <lebanon-articles at mit.edu>
> Subject:  [LCM Articles] It's about time
> Date:  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:30:57 -0800
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