It’s Not My Fault!

Arab News ~ World Press ^ | Feb. 28, 2004 | Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Anyone following the Arab media today, whether written or visual, will quickly realize that we Arabs have a very serious problem. The problem is that we have an almost pathological aversion to accepting any responsibility for our present condition. Never before have we been so weak or irrelevant. We blame all and sundry for this. It is a Zionist plot or an American plan or, an increasingly popular excuse this, the repressive regimes who rule most Arab countries. A stranger to the Arab world who was listening to us would come to believe that we are innocent victims of international hatred and contempt.

[optimistically_conservative]

This suits us very well for it absolves us of any and all responsibility for our own problems and the necessity for any action on our part to address them.

The constant and desperate search by the Arabs for a superman, a hero who will rise up and lead them to glory such as Nasser or — until recently — Saddam are symptoms of this serious illness. For it is upon the shoulders of such men that the Arabs want to lay responsibility. If these men succeed then well and good, but if they fail, then the Arabs can easily disown them and wash their collective hands of them. They can then continue to moan and wail about how they are never given a chance.

I am reminded of a scene often repeated in the Arab world where two Arabs are having a fight and one of them suddenly grabs a bystander and clutching him cries, “Let me go! Let me at him and I will rend him limb from limb!” Of course this ridiculous behavior is just for show and he will probably do nothing. The Arabs are constantly crying “Let me at him!” while calmly sitting down to play cards or watch Star Academy.

You see, dear readers, the Arabs are perfectly satisfied with their situation. We lack so much confidence in ourselves and have such a fear of failure that we would rather find people and things to blame instead of taking our destiny in our hands and facing our problems. We would rather live like dogs instead of risking the possibility of dying like lions.

[TLOne]

I'm stunned to read that in Arab press.
I wonder how many Arabs will actually read it though.

[stylin_geek]

Does the author of this have a lot of life insurance? I foresee an "author jihad."

[quantim]

The problem is that we have an almost pathological aversion to accepting any responsibility for our present condition.

The most coherent message out there. The problem is when Arabs finally take on this responsibility for themselves it is the beginning of the end of Islam as we know it today.

[Dudoight]

This article might be understood differently by the arabs. He might be inciting a more intense fight against the west. He has NOT identified a specific enemy. He just decries the present circumstance. I think it is a clever piece.

[Wolverine]

I think it is a clever piece.

 

There is an old saying in the Middle East...   "...Always count your fingers after shaking hands"

[Dudoight]

There is an old saying in the Middle East... "...Always count your fingers after shaking hands"

Yeah, I think that just about says it all.

[gonzo]

"...You see, dear readers, the Arabs are perfectly satisfied with their situation. We lack so much confidence in ourselves and have such a fear of failure that we would rather find people and things to blame instead of taking our destiny in our hands and facing our problems. We would rather live like dogs instead of risking the possibility of dying like lions..."

Delightful! A wog that realizes that Islam is going to die like the dog it is!

The Arabs are congenital-cowards, and are once again reduced to carrying knives in the dark. I can only hope that our liberation of Iraq will include allowing women there to vote too! Lorena Bobbit can help supervise the elections.

And while I'm at it, am I the only one that saw the stouper-bowl half-time show as a network-approved show of violence-against-women? Some a$$hole-rapist rips a womans' brassiere off, and it's called entertainment?

It's Saturday night, and time for me to mouth-off....

.............FRegards

[stylin_geek]

It's not your fault....

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Oh excellent!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I meant: Excellent that Gonzo is going to mouth off.. oops hit post too early there!

[Askel5]

Excellent! A chance to save your gif!

And while I'm at it, am I the only one that saw the stouper-bowl half-time show as a network-approved show of violence-against-women? Some a$$hole-rapist rips a womans' brassiere off, and it's called entertainment?

Wow ... you're certainly the first to mention it that I've seen. Wish I'd thought of that.

Thanks for the flag, Gonzo ... the article's interesting and all but what really rings my chimes is that I'm on your "Mouth-Off" ping list.

[quantim]

a$$hole-rapist rips a womans' brassiere off,

I guess that depends on your definition of a woman, LOL.  Janet Jackson does not qualify.  A circus beast maybe. 

[Imal]

After reading this article, you could knock me over with a feather.

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers! Thanks for the ping!

[gonzo]

"...It's not your fault...."

Everything is my fault, according to the Secret Service!

"... Excellent that Gonzo is going to mouth off..."

I'm not done yet, babe...

"... Wow ... you're certainly the first to mention it that I've seen. Wish I'd thought of that. Thanks for the flag, Gonzo ... the article's interesting and all but what really rings my chimes is that I'm on your "Mouth-Off" ping list..."

Thank ya, darlin'. I may not be done yet, but 'You were always on my mind'...

................FRegards

[gonzo]

"...I guess that depends on your definition of a woman, LOL. Janet Jackson does not qualify..."

I dunno, that looked like a little-brown-jug to me, but she is a freak...........FRegards

[gonzo]

Hi Sandi. Yer name just popped into my head. That happens when I sniff too much gunpowder. Smootches, babe...........FRegards

[Diva Betsy Ross]

That sounds like someone asking for a TUNE to me!