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

Fri Jan 26 03:03:42 EST 2007

Nice!! But, it’s kind of tough to do all that, one can get in his/her car in
Beirut (if the roads are not closed), drive for 2-3 hours, and “voila” most
of the criteria at that ‘jamahir’ level would be satisfied. Also the
requirements for those politicians wouldn’t apply anymore, so that works out
too. ;-)

There, problem solved!

Did that video imply that Lebanese people are not smart?!! LOL

Sweet dreams everyone (maybe even of a real modern country called Lebanon,
which seems to exist only in that dimension/world)

  _____  

From: lebanon-articles-bounces at MIT.EDU
[mailto:lebanon-articles-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Rabih Zbib
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:41 AM
To: Dalia debs
Cc: lebanon-articles at mit.edu
Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] Proposing an initiative (was Re: It's about
time)

I actually thought of a better solution.

A coup d'etat is staged by the army led by a mid-rank officer (preferably
Rum Catolic). El Amn el Dekhli, Amn el dawli, amn el 3am and all other
security apparatuses are dissolved. The parliament is dissolved, and a
Military Govermnent is declared. 

All the glorious leaders are rounded up. Samir Ja3ja3 is sent back to the
same cell he was in, but this time Hassan Nasrallah is put in the same cell
with him. La7oud is sent back to Syria. The Military government offers the
Saudis to send them back Sa3d for a 40 Billion ransom (this might require a
few Paris n (n is an integer bigger than 3) conferences. Walid Joumblat is
sent to work as a sanitary worker in New York (this fulfills his wish, which
he expressed to the press when he was visiting last year), and Micheal Aoun
is sent back to exile. This time to Tristan da Cunha (check this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha if you want are concerned
about the welfare of the general). And Berri is sent to become the speaker
of parliament of the newly united republic of Mandinka (again, to learn more
about the cause of a united Mandinka people check this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandinka_people)

On the level of the jamahir, 
   1. Any person seen with a stick, knife, rock or other primitive or not so
primitive weapon is summarily shot 
   2. Any person below the age of 45 seen on a moped will be made to burn it
on the scene and crawl back home on all four
   3. All males between the ages of 16 and 28 will be required to shave
their heads, where a Mao-style uniform (the women will be allowed to wear
whatever they want. This, as will become clear shortly, is a necessary
requisite for the economic prosperity of the state). They are required to
check in at rehabilitation centers  everyday at 5 pm where they are shown
propaganda material for 2 hours on the glory of the Lebanese Army in its
history of struggle against all the enemy of the motherland, both internal
and external. They are required to be home by 7. Any person from this
category seen on the street after 7 pm is, again, summarily shot. 
   4. All universities, both private and public will be closed permanently,
and no citizen of the state will be allowed to have an education beyond el
Baccalaureat.
  5. All citizens will be strictly forbidden from discussing the national
situation, the regional situation and its implication on Lebanon, the roles
of America, Syria or Iran or any other political topic under the risk of
being detained in the sprawling prison complex that will be build in the
region of raml el 3ali-cocodi. 
 6. The only two vocations allowed in the country will be the Military and
Tourism. Downtown Beirut, the rehabilitated sea front from 3ein el mraysi to
ramli el bayda, the qazas of 3aley and matn el jnoubi as well as jounieh and
its surroundings will be accesses only by Tourists, presentable females that
meet certain criteria (special ID cards indicating this will be issued to
those female citizens), and males who work in the touristic attractions in
those areas will be allowed access. 

3oushtoum wa 3asha loubnan

On 1/26/07, Dalia debs < <mailto:daliadebs at hotmail.com>
daliadebs at hotmail.com> wrote:

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" < <mailto:rabih at mit.edu>  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
<mailto: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 
> >
> >
> >
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8326734789464462895
<http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8326734789464462895&q=Zarka&hl=en>
&q=Zarka&hl=en 
> >
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