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This is your chance to start whatever discussions you want to pursue. Go crazy.
I *still* have the ultimate scissors however, so the usual Mtv dictum stays: be courteous, you stand a better chance of being heard if you are.
An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.
to the forums
This is your chance to start whatever discussions you want to pursue. Go crazy.
I *still* have the ultimate scissors however, so the usual Mtv dictum stays: be courteous, you stand a better chance of being heard if you are.
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Good idea Mahmood, although I have been banging my head against the wall with these people enough! It is hard to be one of the lone people standing against the extremists on both sides. The extremists can only win if the moderates do not speak up. This is not a clash of civilisations, as somne have claimed, this is not a religious war as others have claimed. It is a war between extremists and moderates, and for the moment, the extremists have the upper hand.
We must stand and fight the extremists wherever they might be, Saudi Arabia, India or the USA. We cannot allow these people to dictate to the rest of us their agenda and follow blindy. We cannot allow them to force into their “us for them” mentality. We cannot allow their generalisations and hatreds to go unchallenged. No, not all Americans are bad, no not all Christians are bad. No, Islam is not an evil religion, no, not all Muslims support terrorism.
If we do not speak out and act against those that spread the bigotry and hate it will grow. I see it growing here in the USA and I see it growing abroad. But even I realise, at some point, you cannot talk sense to some people. No matter how much you try to explain to them the facts, no matter how much you try to let them know about the “other side” and humanise these peoples that they feel are foes, it will not work. These people must be sidelined, they must be marginalised. If not, their “black and white” generalisations and misconceptions will breed their hatred and will rule the day.
Malik
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ok let’s let’s get the ball rolling…
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Nice idea Mahmood. It should definitely keep your blog posts from clogging up with comments that are off topic (but interesting nonetheless).
But it seems like you have a secret plan to make sure I waste away all of my life on your projects. What’s next in line ? 🙂
See you tomorrow mate!
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I would like to ask why is there so much garbage everywhere in bahrain and does it bother anybody. Every place you go there are piles of shit laying around what the hell is the matter with this place I mean one of the last mangrove swamps at tubli has tons of garbage behind it?
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This is a good topic to start discussing if you like, and the place to do that is here, please go to the forums and enter a new topic there.