Pierre Gemayel 1972 - 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6169978.stm
so maybe it was premonition.. but i knew it was going down.. for those of you that haven't read, Pierre Gemayel (only 34 years old) was assassinated today - (his family is the equivalent of the Kennedy's in Lebanon) we all knew.. anyone that's been reading the news knows that the situation was shaky at best since this summer.. and so.. here we are again.. on the brink.. yet again.. it makes you wonder how people that are generally so smart.. so full of life.. so driven to succeed wherever they are in the world.. let this happen.. in our own country, we become passive... lifeless.. victims of circumstance.. conspiracy theorists.. blaming everyone but ourselves.. and in reality.. what does it come down to? it's our country.. as adults, we should have learned by now that we are responsible for it..
i know that it's easy for me to talk when i am sitting comfortable here in LA.. but the truth has always been there.. lebanon was looking better.. superficially.. but the underlying problems have never been resolved.. it was going to blow up sometime.. and maybe this is not the time.. maybe this is when we'll step back and say ENOUGH already.. and take charge of our country.. as Lebanese citizens.. not as muslims or christians or druze.. at the end, we're all living there.. does it really matter what the religious affiliations are??
and that's what worries me.. that people will split up.. into their own religious groups.. and that won't help any of us.. they say that all this is being done because of the upcoming results of the harriri assassination.. different groups don't want to officially know who was behind it.. because, well.. then something will need to be done, won't it? then the actual parties involved in committing that crime (and countless others since then) will be held responsible.. and honestly.. logically speaking.. isn't that how it's supposed to go?? it's 2006.. every action has a reaction.. whether it's personal, professional or political.. haven't we all learned that lesson yet?
anyway.. hopefully i will be happily surprised by the events in the next few weeks.. hopefully we, the lebanese.. will put our country before our religion.. and if that happens, then we will know that we have learned from the past.. and that we are ready to face a truly stable and promising future..
hoping,
nounou
so maybe it was premonition.. but i knew it was going down.. for those of you that haven't read, Pierre Gemayel (only 34 years old) was assassinated today - (his family is the equivalent of the Kennedy's in Lebanon) we all knew.. anyone that's been reading the news knows that the situation was shaky at best since this summer.. and so.. here we are again.. on the brink.. yet again.. it makes you wonder how people that are generally so smart.. so full of life.. so driven to succeed wherever they are in the world.. let this happen.. in our own country, we become passive... lifeless.. victims of circumstance.. conspiracy theorists.. blaming everyone but ourselves.. and in reality.. what does it come down to? it's our country.. as adults, we should have learned by now that we are responsible for it..
i know that it's easy for me to talk when i am sitting comfortable here in LA.. but the truth has always been there.. lebanon was looking better.. superficially.. but the underlying problems have never been resolved.. it was going to blow up sometime.. and maybe this is not the time.. maybe this is when we'll step back and say ENOUGH already.. and take charge of our country.. as Lebanese citizens.. not as muslims or christians or druze.. at the end, we're all living there.. does it really matter what the religious affiliations are??
and that's what worries me.. that people will split up.. into their own religious groups.. and that won't help any of us.. they say that all this is being done because of the upcoming results of the harriri assassination.. different groups don't want to officially know who was behind it.. because, well.. then something will need to be done, won't it? then the actual parties involved in committing that crime (and countless others since then) will be held responsible.. and honestly.. logically speaking.. isn't that how it's supposed to go?? it's 2006.. every action has a reaction.. whether it's personal, professional or political.. haven't we all learned that lesson yet?
anyway.. hopefully i will be happily surprised by the events in the next few weeks.. hopefully we, the lebanese.. will put our country before our religion.. and if that happens, then we will know that we have learned from the past.. and that we are ready to face a truly stable and promising future..
hoping,
nounou
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