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Comment on Make the next 45 minutes go away or …. a post about all the posts i wanted to write about by kinzi

kinzi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:19:21 +0000

Hi Bam! Oh boy. One subject I would have preferred to remain ignorant of, this one. Hard to remain hopeful and optimistic in light of all the bad news brewing.

Interesting stuff:

There is a kids ballet coming up (did you hear about the 12th Night done by a bunch of high school kids? I should have emailed you, didn’t know you were bored because you DON’T BLOG). Fridays is softball (not today I bet) or you could come over and play Axis and Alllies with my 10 year old son, who is beating every adult who takes him on.

Hope you find some fun things to do. Maybe I will pray you will get a surprise. blessings to ya

Comment on We Are All Individuals by eman

eman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:36:50 +0000

There ya go
I knew there was a reason I liked you…..lol

Comment on We Are All Individuals by bambam

bambam — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:50:49 +0000

lol no Eman not at all, its just that i didn’t quite put my hand on what you where tackling with your comments. whether it’s the fact that people were not less religious back in the day or its something else.
Thank you for thinking so highly of me, i appreciate it and i don’t remember what “certain differences” you are referring it so totally not an issue to me.
The underlying question is mentioned in the post; what are the elements that influence change and how can they be controlled.

Comment on We Are All Individuals by Eman

Eman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:25 +0000

I wonder where your hesitance to reply came from….hmmmmmm, is it cuz of “certain differences” expressed a while back ago. Akkhhhh……..just when I thought I found someone interesting enough to challenge my intellect.

I hope not, because you seem a lot more intelligent then to let that bother you, or am I giving you too much credit?

I know a lot of people don’t agree with my approach in the attempt to discuss/debate any given topic, as I can be aggressive at times, but what can I say, this is who I am. Am I explaining myself? maybe. Why? just felt that I needed to.

I’ve come to know you as a very unique individual, which is probably the reason why I read your posts.
I’m not saying that I agree with all of your opinions, to the contrary, its just that I respect a person who will make an effort in fighting for what they believe in. Besides, I like a challenge every once in a while, as so many bloggers are submissively boring as hell.

In regards to the psychological analysis that I promised. I find it extremely hard to “dissect” the characteristics of one who prefers to remain “anonymous”. Is that subliminal enough for ya ; )

take care

Comment on Bloggers Celebrity look-a-likes by Roba

Roba — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:34:41 +0000

Oh, funny! I just saw this again, and I remember seeing it on another blog with a different link/ugly design. I didn’t realize it was you! Two years on and I still have no effing clue who Lisa Loeb is

Comment on We Are All Individuals by bambam

bambam — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:44:08 +0000

sorry for the late reply
Up until 1967 arab culture was a lot more diverse than it is nowadays because they allowed themselves to believe in many more ideologies than just an islamic one which actually was an outlier at the end of the 19th century. Those in the city center could afford to argue about such things while people in the villages were conservative culturally and not religiously and that’s an entirely different thing.

As for the second comment I wasn’t looking for a particular answer per se i was just curious what others thought about the question and their experiences with change.
It wont be just about individuality but about how much of your character do u owe to your environment.
and of course there is always an underlying question

Comment on We Are All Individuals by Eman

Eman — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:17:35 +0000

I wasn’t going to leave a comment, cuz I believe that this topic deserves a wider discussion. Let me just throw in my 2 cents. Here goes nothing.

In regards to individuals and conformity, I don’t know if there is an explanation/answer to that, as I would like to hear it as well.

The whole issue seems pretty versatile to me. I think conformity will always be the easier route. Individuality, on the other hand, ranges from a simple “edit” to a complete transformation. These diverse alterations also differ in the effect they leave on society’s reaction towards the individual. I believe that society does not react as strongly towards the more subtle modifications as opposed to a broader conversion.

I actually sense that there is a “subliminal” question beneath the more generalized one. Which is the case in most of your posts. Maybe I read too much into things, hence the psychoanalysis tendencies, but your question can be answered in many different ways; one answer just doesn’t seem to give it justice.

Comment on We Are All Individuals by Eman

Eman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:07:18 +0000

Could you please explain this “It’s even more surprising that they seem to just repeat that ethos without any inkling of realization, as if it was a subliminal message implanted in their psyche in their youth to forever progress the conservative agenda.”

I don’t see the relevance between how the conformity of that certain opinion progresses a conservative agenda. Just because some of the urban areas in Arab countries, whether it was due to occupation or otherwise, exercised “liberal freedoms”, does not confirm that the majority of Arabs/Muslims were less religious at the time.

Comment on Way to go Patty Boy by KJ

KJ — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:58:08 +0000

If his god-fearing presidents and kings take control of lands, expunge exorbitant amounts of money through oppression, and murder them for that, well do you blame them for siding with the devil, then?

Comment on A Sad Day for The Internet in Jordan: a gag order by KJ

KJ — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:52:34 +0000

It’s a minute to midnight on the Web 2.0