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

[Dalia debs]

I think this is an excellent idea Rabih! As naive as the thought process 
behind an initiative may be, as long as enough growing support is garnered 
for it, momentum will increase in the direction we all want to go.

>From: "Rabih Zbib" <rabih at mit.edu>
>To: "Habib Haddad" <hadidhabbab at hotmail.com>
>CC: lebanon-articles at mit.edu
>Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] Proposing an initiative (was Re: It's about 
>time)
>Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:52:52 -0500
>
>So the solution is a mailing list!!
>
>On 1/25/07, Habib Haddad <hadidhabbab at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Great movie Abdallah !
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I would like to get your opinion on the following initiative:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  ________________________________
> >  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for posting this, Abdallah.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > A star danced, and under it they were born.
> >
> >  ________________________________
> >
> > 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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