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

[Abdallah Jabbour]

Thanks for your initiative Habib.

I have created a Google group for this purpose. You can join by invitation
only, so if you're interested in discussing what we can do for our country,
please send me a blank email with subject line "Add Me" and I'll add you.

Please refrain from using LCM-Articles for further discussions because it's
not a discussion list.

Thanks,

-A


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.
>
>
>
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>
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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*
>
>  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.
>
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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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> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8326734789464462895&q=Zarka&hl=en
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