Comments on: Safe world http://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/ Another Casualty to the Seduction Of Art Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chronicles of a Utopian Writer » Terrorism in Jordan, yet again…http://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6860 Chronicles of a Utopian Writer » Terrorism in Jordan, yet again… Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:23:57 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-6860 [...] One could conclude that today’s events weren’t out of the blue. They are accompanied by two laws, in which a lot of people think are imposed under pressure. Once again, we’re shaken and lacking security, a feeling we’re not accustomed to in Jordan. Roba’s comment on this event was of particular interest, because it probably sums up what every Jordanian feels nowadays: “It seems unreal that the world was ever safe. A distant memory of my pre 2002-life; me walking into a mall without having to be frisked, of going into the compound without having my ID claimed temporarily, of not having to look nervously when a bearded man walks by, of parking right outside the hotel’s entrance rather than before barracks of stones, of not considering terrorism as a part of the reason to not go to certain places and certain cities.” [...] [...] One could conclude that today’s events weren’t out of the blue. They are accompanied by two laws, in which a lot of people think are imposed under pressure. Once again, we’re shaken and lacking security, a feeling we’re not accustomed to in Jordan. Roba’s comment on this event was of particular interest, because it probably sums up what every Jordanian feels nowadays: “It seems unreal that the world was ever safe. A distant memory of my pre 2002-life; me walking into a mall without having to be frisked, of going into the compound without having my ID claimed temporarily, of not having to look nervously when a bearded man walks by, of parking right outside the hotel’s entrance rather than before barracks of stones, of not considering terrorism as a part of the reason to not go to certain places and certain cities.” [...]

]]> By: Lynnettehttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4108 Lynnette Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:39:23 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4108 Sorry about that. I didn't mean to do all that bold at the end.And this line:<i>But right now the extremists that are more dangerous are the ones who are actually the acts.</i>should have the word "committing" before "the acts".Must have been where I screwed up on the end tag. That's what happens when I get angry. In too much of a hurry to proof read correctly. :( Sorry about that. I didn’t mean to do all that bold at the end.

And this line:

But right now the extremists that are more dangerous are the ones who are actually the acts.

should have the word “committing” before “the acts”.

Must have been where I screwed up on the end tag. That’s what happens when I get angry. In too much of a hurry to proof read correctly. :(

]]> By: Lynnettehttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Lynnette Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:32:53 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4107 <i>"videos showing British extremists <b>threatening</b> to behead Muslims"</i>And this is analogous with actually <b>killing</b> someone?No one likes extremists of any sort. But right now the extremists that are more dangerous are the ones who are actually <b> the acts.<i>"This is the price you and have to pay when the government turns Jordan into a paid-for torture chamber for the CIA and Israel."</i>No dear, this is the price you have to pay for keeping your head buried in the sand when it comes to the types of people you have in your country.Keep falling for the terrorist's propaganda and that's <b>all</b> you'll have in your country!Yousef,<i>"you and the state of israel killed hundreds of women and children in lebanon and palestine in less than a month."</i>You can thank Hezbollah and by extention Iran for that. Stop poking Israel and maybe she won't bite back!And btw, very seldom do you see a country fighting a war where they warn people in advance where they are going to bomb. Remember that. Because that may not always be the case.It is also a courtesy not given by the suicide bombers used by Middle Eastern extremists. “videos showing British extremists threatening to behead Muslims”

And this is analogous with actually killing someone?

No one likes extremists of any sort. But right now the extremists that are more dangerous are the ones who are actually the acts.

“This is the price you and have to pay when the government turns Jordan into a paid-for torture chamber for the CIA and Israel.”

No dear, this is the price you have to pay for keeping your head buried in the sand when it comes to the types of people you have in your country.

Keep falling for the terrorist’s propaganda and that’s all you’ll have in your country!

Yousef,

“you and the state of israel killed hundreds of women and children in lebanon and palestine in less than a month.”

You can thank Hezbollah and by extention Iran for that. Stop poking Israel and maybe she won’t bite back!

And btw, very seldom do you see a country fighting a war where they warn people in advance where they are going to bomb. Remember that. Because that may not always be the case.

It is also a courtesy not given by the suicide bombers used by Middle Eastern extremists.

]]> By: Ecclesiasteshttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4080 Ecclesiastes Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:29:53 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4080 Roba, the world was never safe. You were young.There was a time, not long ago, when you in all your innocence were but 30 minutes from nuclear annihilation. The world didn't revolve around the middle east. Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran just weren't all that important except as they were contested areas of US/USSR struggles.You can go to sleep with full confidence that the world *will* exist tomorrow.That's got to be worth something, eh? Roba, the world was never safe. You were young.

There was a time, not long ago, when you in all your innocence were but 30 minutes from nuclear annihilation. The world didn’t revolve around the middle east. Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran just weren’t all that important except as they were contested areas of US/USSR struggles.

You can go to sleep with full confidence that the world *will* exist tomorrow.

That’s got to be worth something, eh?

]]> By: Craighttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4076 Craig Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:59:01 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4076 Hani,<i>This is the price you and have to pay when the government turns Jordan into a paid-for torture chamber for the CIA and Israel.</i>This is the kind of comment I've been seeing on Jordanian blogs for a year now. Terrorism is everyone ELSE'S fault. Not YOURS. That's why Jordan's exposure to terrorism is just in it's infancy. By justifying the terrorism, you are supporting it. Enjoy. Hani,

This is the price you and have to pay when the government turns Jordan into a paid-for torture chamber for the CIA and Israel.

This is the kind of comment I’ve been seeing on Jordanian blogs for a year now. Terrorism is everyone ELSE’S fault. Not YOURS. That’s why Jordan’s exposure to terrorism is just in it’s infancy. By justifying the terrorism, you are supporting it. Enjoy.

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Tourists shot in central Ammanhttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 …My heart’s in Accra » Tourists shot in central Amman Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:28:13 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4066 [...] Jordanian bloggers are beginning to post reactions to the tragedy. Roba at And Far Away finds it hard to remember what life was like before terrorism was a threat within Jordan: It seems unreal that the world was ever safe. A distant memory of my pre 2002-life; me walking into a mall without having to be frisked, of going into the compound without having my ID claimed temporarily, of not having to look nervously when a bearded man walks by, of parking right outside the hotel’s entrance rather than before barracks of stones, of not considering terrorism as a part of the reason to not go to certain places and certain cities. [...] [...] Jordanian bloggers are beginning to post reactions to the tragedy. Roba at And Far Away finds it hard to remember what life was like before terrorism was a threat within Jordan: It seems unreal that the world was ever safe. A distant memory of my pre 2002-life; me walking into a mall without having to be frisked, of going into the compound without having my ID claimed temporarily, of not having to look nervously when a bearded man walks by, of parking right outside the hotel’s entrance rather than before barracks of stones, of not considering terrorism as a part of the reason to not go to certain places and certain cities. [...]

]]> By: Giladhttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4057 Gilad Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:12:03 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4057 Apparantly this terrorist Nabil Jaourah, a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin from the town of Zarqa,who killed the British tourist in the center of Amman ,fired every round in his 9 mm. pistol and then tried to run away,but was caught be tourist police.The good news is that last week the Jordanian parliament approved anti-terror legislation that criminalizes a wide range of behavior as acts of terror, including financing, interacting with or recruiting for any terrorist group, and possessing, making, or transporting any material that can be used to produce chemical weapons. Apparantly this terrorist Nabil Jaourah, a Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin from the town of Zarqa,who killed the British tourist in the center of Amman ,fired every round in his 9 mm. pistol and then tried to run away,but was caught be tourist police.

The good news is that last week the Jordanian parliament approved anti-terror legislation that criminalizes a wide range of behavior as acts of terror, including financing, interacting with or recruiting for any terrorist group, and possessing, making, or transporting any material that can be used to produce chemical weapons.

]]> By: Basemhttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4054 Basem Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:59:34 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4054 <i>Wallahi ya</i> Roba "judging" from reading your blog <i>(until recently at least, its been a bit dull lately)</i> I can safely assume that you know better than being "fearful" of bearded men strolling by!Needless for me to stress the fallacy of such stereotypical perspective Roba, but for what it's worth, if you ever feel repelled or being looked upon or treated by "others" in a profiling manner for being a woman, how you dress or what you try to represent, try to reflect at such junctures that you're also at fault of the same unjustified ill treatment of others.Further, elaborating that this is "being the truth" doesn't justify the disposition of yours! No offence meant, but as crude and sincerely as I've always been…On a brighter note, bearded men won't sting you with the sharp end(s) of their beards, trust me on that one!More on this one:<a href="http://www.tololy.com/2006/08/30/veil-versus-english-just-as-silly-as-you-are.html " rel="nofollow">Veil versus English: Just as silly as you are</a> by <a href=" www.tololy.com " rel="nofollow">Tololy</a>. <a href=". http://dontcallmesheikh.blogspot.com/2006/06/this-is-dogmatic-fallacy-o_114916115150137032.html " rel="nofollow">This is the dogmatic fallacy of being a self-acclaimed “open minded” liberal/secular; my friend.</a> by my humble <a href="http://dontcallmesheikh.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">self</a>. Wallahi ya Roba “judging” from reading your blog (until recently at least, its been a bit dull lately) I can safely assume that you know better than being “fearful” of bearded men strolling by!

Needless for me to stress the fallacy of such stereotypical perspective Roba, but for what it’s worth, if you ever feel repelled or being looked upon or treated by “others” in a profiling manner for being a woman, how you dress or what you try to represent, try to reflect at such junctures that you’re also at fault of the same unjustified ill treatment of others.

Further, elaborating that this is “being the truth” doesn’t justify the disposition of yours! No offence meant, but as crude and sincerely as I’ve always been…

On a brighter note, bearded men won’t sting you with the sharp end(s) of their beards, trust me on that one!

More on this one:

Veil versus English: Just as silly as you are by http://www.tololy.com ” rel=”nofollow”>Tololy.
http://dontcallmesheikh.blogspot.com/2006/06/this-is-dogmatic-fallacy-o_114916115150137032.html ” rel=”nofollow”>This is the dogmatic fallacy of being a self-acclaimed “open minded” liberal/secular; my friend. by my humble self.

]]> By: Moeyhttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Moey Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:04:32 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4045 wondering where did my comment go, roba do this tag if u feel like it http://moey.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/whats-in-your-bag/ wondering where did my comment go, roba do this tag if u feel like it
http://moey.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/whats-in-your-bag/

]]> By: Random ::Gunman in Amman:: « Dragonsvamp the Lordess of Deathhttp://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Random ::Gunman in Amman:: « Dragonsvamp the Lordess of Death Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:16:56 +0000 http://andfaraway.net/blog/2006/09/04/safe-world/#comment-4043 [...] Roba ‘Safe World’ [...] [...] Roba ‘Safe World’ [...]

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