Comments for Mahmood's Den http://mahmood.tv An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while. Thu, 24 May 2012 09:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Peace through Media Award by Wayne Job http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/19/peace-through-media-award/comment-page-1/#comment-141151 Wayne Job Thu, 24 May 2012 09:01:06 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=10128#comment-141151 A deserved award, I hope this man and his paper prosper, and come out the other side of your troubles as a leading light. I am at a loss that muslim countries will ever see the light of real freedom. A quantum leap over a few centuries of thought and development is a big jump. Those like yourself Mahmood are a small minority, you have seen the world of the infidel most have not. Tho' all of us are not good our world is based on love and compassion for people and creatures great and small. We look from the outside into your world and we see countries and societies based on hatred for all things that are not the same as them. The internet is awakening some to the possibilities of our beautiful world but education of the wrong kind and governance, political and religious propaganda hold sway over untold millions of people. This news paper is a tiny start in your freedom, may it continue and not be erased. Do not be swayed, for your basic beliefs of freedom and the innate goodness of most people is real and the basis of western society. Your small country through tribulation may end as a shining light for others to follow or a darkness that many countries seem to hide in. I hope it is the former. An Australian Infidel. A deserved award, I hope this man and his paper prosper, and come out the other side of your troubles as a leading light. I am at a loss that muslim countries will ever see the light of real freedom. A quantum leap over a few centuries of thought and development is a big jump. Those like yourself Mahmood are a small minority, you have seen the world of the infidel most have not. Tho’ all of us are not good our world is based on love and compassion for people and creatures great and small. We look from the outside into your world and we see countries and societies based on hatred for all things that are not the same as them. The internet is awakening some to the possibilities of our beautiful world but education of the wrong kind and governance, political and religious propaganda hold sway over untold millions of people. This news paper is a tiny start in your freedom, may it continue and not be erased. Do not be swayed, for your basic beliefs of freedom and the innate goodness of most people is real and the basis of western society. Your small country through tribulation may end as a shining light for others to follow or a darkness that many countries seem to hide in. I hope it is the former. An Australian Infidel.

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]]> Comment on Unneeded Escalation by Milter http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/05/unneeded-escalation/comment-page-1/#comment-141131 Milter Wed, 23 May 2012 20:26:04 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8507#comment-141131 Mahmood, I haven't been here for a while and I fully understand your comment about the "broken record". Some younger readers may not know the meaning of "sounding like a broken record", but, I do and I disagree with you. A broken record keeps repeating exactly the same, same, same 3-4 seconds of a piece of music, over and over and over again, until somebody does something about it. The crude listener will give the arm a push, the gentler and more considerate person will lift the arm and place the cartridge carefully at a point after the scratch in the grooves. Regardless of the method, the result for the music lover is continued pleasure and listening. Your comments in this blog are appreciated and welcomed in many places. I refer other people to your blog to remind them of sensible voices in Bahrain and The Middle East in general. It's voices like yours that are needed to bring about the necessary changes in people's minds towards more peaceful and less confrontational solutions. Many of your comments may be debating the same subjects over and over again, but, to many of your readers they do not sound like a broken record. A piece of music is, in fact, a repetition of a limited number of notes and so are words. The impact of words and notes comes from the way they are composed. Mahmood, I haven’t been here for a while and I fully understand your comment about the “broken record”. Some younger readers may not know the meaning of “sounding like a broken record”, but, I do and I disagree with you.

A broken record keeps repeating exactly the same, same, same 3-4 seconds of a piece of music, over and over and over again, until somebody does something about it. The crude listener will give the arm a push, the gentler and more considerate person will lift the arm and place the cartridge carefully at a point after the scratch in the grooves. Regardless of the method, the result for the music lover is continued pleasure and listening.

Your comments in this blog are appreciated and welcomed in many places. I refer other people to your blog to remind them of sensible voices in Bahrain and The Middle East in general. It’s voices like yours that are needed to bring about the necessary changes in people’s minds towards more peaceful and less confrontational solutions.

Many of your comments may be debating the same subjects over and over again, but, to many of your readers they do not sound like a broken record. A piece of music is, in fact, a repetition of a limited number of notes and so are words. The impact of words and notes comes from the way they are composed.

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]]> Comment on Unneeded Escalation by mahmood http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/05/unneeded-escalation/comment-page-1/#comment-140668 mahmood Sat, 19 May 2012 05:20:54 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8507#comment-140668 Well, that's a sure way to descend into civil war. Bahrain doesn't need that. There is still plenty of opportunities to resolve our differences between ourselves using peaceful means. More sustainable this way. Well, that’s a sure way to descend into civil war. Bahrain doesn’t need that. There is still plenty of opportunities to resolve our differences between ourselves using peaceful means. More sustainable this way.

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]]> Comment on Unneeded Escalation by Richard Jones http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/05/unneeded-escalation/comment-page-1/#comment-140643 Richard Jones Sat, 19 May 2012 01:02:49 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8507#comment-140643 Time to arm the Shia of Bahrain with more than the rocks suppied in Gazza. Time to arm the Shia of Bahrain with more than the rocks suppied in Gazza.

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]]> Comment on Unneeded Escalation by Mohamed CJ http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/05/unneeded-escalation/comment-page-1/#comment-140092 Mohamed CJ Wed, 09 May 2012 23:02:14 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8507#comment-140092 Just a note for you Mahmood. The home-made bomb is fake news. I live in Bani Jamra, so does most of my family and friends. None of us heard any sound of bombing that night. In fact riot police had already started crackdown with tear gas on the village 30 minutes before this announcement by MOI. The injury displayed in the pro-gov forums is cause by a sound grenade which police use. A bomb has a sound. A bomb usually kills. A bomb needs special materials and experience to make. If there was anyone in Bahrain opposition who knows how to make a bomb, he/she would have done so in March 2011 when tanks with armed soldiers used to attack villages. Just a note for you Mahmood. The home-made bomb is fake news. I live in Bani Jamra, so does most of my family and friends. None of us heard any sound of bombing that night. In fact riot police had already started crackdown with tear gas on the village 30 minutes before this announcement by MOI. The injury displayed in the pro-gov forums is cause by a sound grenade which police use.

A bomb has a sound. A bomb usually kills. A bomb needs special materials and experience to make. If there was anyone in Bahrain opposition who knows how to make a bomb, he/she would have done so in March 2011 when tanks with armed soldiers used to attack villages.

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]]> Comment on Oh the hard life! by Lee County Clowder http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/08/oh-the-hard-life/comment-page-1/#comment-140032 Lee County Clowder Tue, 08 May 2012 19:46:20 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8526#comment-140032 Hey, George. You have a nice garden to hang out in. Hey, George. You have a nice garden to hang out in.

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]]> Comment on Oh the hard life! by mahmood http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/08/oh-the-hard-life/comment-page-1/#comment-140018 mahmood Tue, 08 May 2012 14:05:48 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8526#comment-140018 Thanks Dave. No, Gnasher unfortunately passed away a couple of years ago. We still have Phoebe though and she's a joy! Thanks Dave. No, Gnasher unfortunately passed away a couple of years ago. We still have Phoebe though and she’s a joy!

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]]> Comment on Oh the hard life! by Dave http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/08/oh-the-hard-life/comment-page-1/#comment-140010 Dave Tue, 08 May 2012 12:09:49 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8526#comment-140010 Fine looking lad. Tough life for a well looked after putty tat! You still got the German Shepherd? Fine looking lad. Tough life for a well looked after putty tat! You still got the German Shepherd?

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]]> Comment on Unneeded Escalation by fed up to but trying not to be http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/05/unneeded-escalation/comment-page-1/#comment-139980 fed up to but trying not to be Tue, 08 May 2012 06:13:10 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8507#comment-139980 Isnt that the problem, once we all get fed up of this crap, nothing will change and we just accept to continue as it. Something is very wrong in the country now is the time we have to speak up....isnt it? Don't keep quiet Mahmood, Bahrain needs people like you to voice the feelings of so many of us. We dont want homemade bombs, we dont want violence, we dont want robberies, we want freedom of speech, we want an elected and accountable government, we want a police force representative of the people not imported. We need changes, we need the no Sunni no Shia just Bahraini ideals now more than ever, don't give up. Gardening is nice too though.

Isnt that the problem, once we all get fed up of this crap, nothing will change and we just accept to continue as it. Something is very wrong in the country now is the time we have to speak up….isnt it? Don’t keep quiet Mahmood, Bahrain needs people like you to voice the feelings of so many of us. We dont want homemade bombs, we dont want violence, we dont want robberies, we want freedom of speech, we want an elected and accountable government, we want a police force representative of the people not imported. We need changes, we need the no Sunni no Shia just Bahraini ideals now more than ever, don’t give up. Gardening is nice too though.

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]]> Comment on Oh the hard life! by Emile Almahdi http://mahmood.tv/2012/05/08/oh-the-hard-life/comment-page-1/#comment-139979 Emile Almahdi Tue, 08 May 2012 05:57:36 +0000 http://mahmood.tv/?p=8526#comment-139979 Check out them fangs.... Check out them fangs….

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