[LCM Articles] Sahar Khateeb's Outcry

[jad mezher]

I am not justifying anyone. I am just saying that EVERBODY should restrain themselves and not cast them in the first place because all are guilty.


----- Original Message ----
From: Sandra Semaan Frem <frem at MIT.EDU>
To: ayah bdeir <ayah at media.MIT.EDU>
Cc: jad mezher <jado_m at yahoo.com>; lebanon-articles at MIT.EDU
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:25:48 AM
Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] Sahar Khateeb's Outcry

Jad,

one thing about the stone casting quoted from Jesus- I hope i misunderstood
you-It should be used to make people re-question about casting them from the
very beginning, and not to justify those who already casted them.

SF


Quoting ayah bdeir <ayah at media.mit.edu>:

> Jad,
>
> The outcry is not about the TV station, nor what the TV station 
> stands  for. For once, a video who has circled the world in a mere 24 
> hours,  is about the people, not the parties and the agendas. Even if 
> Sahar el  Kahteeb is part of Future TV, Sahar represents a lot of 
> people who are  not political, and have never taken political stances 
> in Beirut, and  have always played devil's advocate on behalf of all 
> parties involved,  and trust me, these are many. Unfortunately, these 
> people have now  been forced into a corner.
>
> How do you "look through the hatred" when your parents spent 2 hours  
> sitting in the bathroom in Verdun, because they are scared sh*tless 
> of  their fellow compatriots, turned gunman on their streets. How do 
> you  look through the hatred when our family turns on all the lights 
> and  sits by the door and prays that no one breaks into another home. 
> How  do you look through the hatred when you live abroad, and you 
> have to  look at pictures online or on tV of your own neighborhood 
> turned into  a warzone, not because of a war, but because of a show 
> of force. They  did not choose to have a show of force between 
> parties, and just take  a hold of government buildings or just block 
> roads or just speak to  the parties, they chose to scare the people 
> of their own country, and  when you do that, it's true, this is 
> another era.
>
> Lots of people didn't even have any hatred to look through, and did  
> open heir homes in July, and did cook for the refuges, and did make  
> donations, and did play devil's advocate all this time with all their 
>  heart, but even if they never took a stand, now they have been 
> forced  into one.
>
> Ayah
>
>
> On May 10, 2008, at 5:15 AM, jad mezher wrote:
>
>> Although I totally condemn what's going on, including the occupation 
>>  of "Future" TV, regardless of my personal opinion of the station, 
>> no  TV in Lebanon is unbiased, not even close to that by the 
>> slightest  distance, including the journalists that work at those 
>> stations.  They are all propaganda tools in the hands of their 
>> parties.  Reiterating my total condemnation of the occupation, I 
>> believe we  all know that what happened has nothing to do with how 
>> Sahar behaved  towards the opposition but with what the station that 
>> she works in  stands for, which is basically a Hezbollah bashing 
>> machine. Same  thing applies to Manar, LBCI, OTV etc. All, bashing 
>> machines.
>> And, what do you expect when people bash each other?!?!
>> Increased tension of course.
>>
>> I just want to quote something that Jesus Christ said:"He who is  
>> without sin, let him cast the first stone".
>> All are guilty. So easy on the ego guys. Hopefully, through all your 
>>  hatred, you're gonna be able to see at least that.
>>
>> Peace.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Loai Naamani <loai at MIT.EDU>
>> To: LCM Articles <lebanon-articles at MIT.EDU>
>> Cc: Hazem Zureiqat <hazem at zureiqat.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:12:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] Sahar Khateeb's Outcry
>>
>> Thanks Hazem. The full version is here: 
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=sfCkdbANYlE  ? Best, L.
>>
>> From: Hazem Zureiqat [mailto:hazem at zureiqat.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:05 AM
>> To: Hazem Zureiqat
>> Subject: Sahar Khateeb's Outcry
>>
>> http://www.nowlebanon.com/Arabic/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=41980
>>
>> --
>> Hazem
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