tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post45742067482721696..comments2023-06-16T15:35:36.718+03:00Comments on Jeha's Nail - مسمار جحا: Adding Insult to MurderJehahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-80635741593618043712007-05-05T02:59:00.000+03:002007-05-05T02:59:00.000+03:00Hey Jeha, I tagged u in this post, feel free to ac...Hey Jeha, I tagged u in this <A HREF="http://blacksmithsoflebanon.blogspot.com/2007/05/bringing-debate-to-presidency.html" REL="nofollow">post</A>, feel free to accept or refuse, no hard feelings!Blacksmith Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11790629261918581698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-47887815661689518362007-05-04T16:15:00.000+03:002007-05-04T16:15:00.000+03:00"عيب" means "shame"... Sorry for not responding ea..."عيب" means "shame"... <BR/><BR/>Sorry for not responding earlier; it is getting harder to find relatively anonymous ISPs when traveling around the ME.Jehahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-6257977026556090002007-05-04T04:33:00.000+03:002007-05-04T04:33:00.000+03:00what is عيبwhat is عيبyzernikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330474202568862925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-36479993560750165542007-05-02T13:02:00.000+03:002007-05-02T13:02:00.000+03:00she is really prettyshe is really prettyyzernikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330474202568862925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-73239255983723607162007-04-30T03:36:00.000+03:002007-04-30T03:36:00.000+03:00Fubar, I have no idea why we are spending thes...Fubar,<BR/> I have no idea why we are spending these valuable moments discussing this issue :-) but I just want to make it very clear that although I find beauty pageants distasteful I have not called for making them illegal or for banning them , I will leave that to the Iranian dresstapo and internettapo.<BR/><BR/>I happen to believe that we are witnessing over time an enlargement of the circle of ethics and believe it or not my circle of ethics does include females. And you know what, it is going on all the time. Even Trump is considering abandoning the Miss Universe franchise because not enough people are interested. Obviously in these matters Lebanon is not a trend setter, it embraces that which many in the world have already foresaken; Pan Arabism , rabid anti zionism and beauty pageants :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-79808526446933561052007-04-30T02:10:00.000+03:002007-04-30T02:10:00.000+03:00Well, just so we are clear, Ghassan, I think these...Well, just so we are clear, Ghassan, I think these shows are so much crap, world peace, blah, blah...<BR/><BR/>I just think, generally, people should be able to do what they want as long as they are not hurting anyone else. And I am sick of people telling others what they can or cannot do -- whether in the name of religion or feminism. If you want to empower women, stop thinking that you know what is best for them and start respecting their right to think for themselves.<BR/><BR/>BTW, people are judged every day by the way they look. It is an animal instinct. Women judge other women, women judge men, men judge women, and men judge other men. If you are on a crusade to stamp that out, good luck with that. = )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-65753241707312682292007-04-30T01:41:00.000+03:002007-04-30T01:41:00.000+03:00I take the issue of empowerment of women very seri...I take the issue of empowerment of women very seriously. Just so that we will not misunderstand each other let me tell you that i am in awe of beauty just as much as the next person. I have at times been attracted to the wild voluptuousness of a BB and at other times to the classical dignified Empress Thuraya <BR/>;-) but i'll be damned if I will judge a woman by the way she looks. BTW, I obviously do not want to judge men by their looks either lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-32139360766278579182007-04-30T00:30:00.000+03:002007-04-30T00:30:00.000+03:00While I agree with Jeha about he absurdity and dis...While I agree with Jeha about he absurdity and distastefulness of the show on the same day as the funeral, Ghassan, you go to far. <BR/><BR/>"These contests are demeaning to women and are put on for the pleasure of the few 'male chauvinist ...'"<BR/><BR/>Demeaning to women, ... apparently the adult women participants don't think so. Doesn't this world have enough men already telling women what they should or should not do, what they should or should not wear. Do you really think you need to join the crowd.<BR/><BR/>Put on for the pleasure of the few "male chauvinist" ... well, when the ratings come out, we can all see how many "a few" is...too bad we will probably never know how many of those few are women.<BR/><BR/>O/T Turkey<BR/>Amir is right, the protest was quite massive. You can never put an actual solid number on those things, but many hundreds of thousands, perhaps even a million, in support of a secular Turkey. Quite impressive, but also a sign of how seriously far Turkey has gone towards Islamic rule and how afraid those people are. According to the Turkish Constitution, it is the job of the military to protect the secularness of the state. There may be a test of that in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-72572708577797066752007-04-29T23:44:00.000+03:002007-04-29T23:44:00.000+03:00Jeha, Although I agree with you that the timing...Jeha,<BR/> Although I agree with you that the timing of the program could have been revised, I am afraid that this insensitivity is a price that is exacted by globalization. When an enterprise goes global then delocalization becomes inevitable.<BR/> What is almost equally tasteless is the very idea of a "meat market". These contests are demeaning to women and are put on for the pleasure of the few "male chauvinist ..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-70210196944120748352007-04-29T23:38:00.000+03:002007-04-29T23:38:00.000+03:00Your post today is 'light', notabout heavy, hardco...Your post today is 'light', not<BR/>about heavy, hardcore politics.<BR/>Let me add to that.<BR/>I think today was a historic day; in which for the first time (at least, in what I recall), that Muslims went to the streets, to protest against the political Islam. I mean Turkey of course.<BR/>And it was a mass demonstration, not a marginal minority protesting on TV screens, but hundreds of thousands in the open, in public.<BR/>Don't remember something like that ever... do you?<BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-9641893560381816792007-04-29T18:27:00.000+03:002007-04-29T18:27:00.000+03:00agreedagreedMoussa Bashirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669549981657166786noreply@blogger.com