Beirut the pioneer of freedom in the Middle East

[halhoula]

«بيروت رائدة الحريات في الشرق هو عنوان المؤتمر الذي تعقده «الحركة الثقافية أنطلياس» في مقرها في منطقة أنطلياس، بدءا من الخامس من الشهر المقبل ويستمر لمدة ثلاثة أيام

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In a few day, a conference would be held in Antelias. The conference is entitled " Beirut, pioneer of freedom in the Middle East".
Here is the deal:
What do YOU think?
Is beirut really a pioneer in freedom?
Do we really have FREEDOM here?
And what does freedom mean to you?
What does Beirut mean to you as a city and as a capital?

Please Share wit' us (all rights reserved toJustin :P)

[Sheriff Ice]

Because of this high level of freedom we lost our freedom in this country and we are living in chaos.
The level of freedom is very high to the level that nobody respect rules and regulations.
the level of freedom is very high to the level that nothing is respect, it is high to the level that bashing each others basing on the Color/Race/Religion is becoming something very normal.

This freedom is becoming a danger, it is uncontrollable.

[TAREK®]

I agree, we have too much freedom here maybe thats why u see a 5 years old kid walking with an M16 on his back

Freedom is when u wake up in the morning, without worrying that there is someone to tell u what to do all the time, freedom is where u go out there and says whats on ur mind without being judged, freedom is when u sleep at night knowing that u have a choice to make the following day, freedom is when u can walk around where u want anytime u want

[xcoder]

Wait wait people, stop throwing analysis left and right and blame the whole world, freedom and aliens for our own problems.

We have serious big problems in Lebanon when it comes to FREEDOM definition.

We have low level of freedom, low level of patriotism, very low level of discipline and that's what is causing the chaos.

I will give you examples:

• When was the last time Lebanese demonstrated for living reasons?
  
  
• When was the last time a "non-christian" was a president?
  
  
• When was the last time you saw people planting trees?
  
  
• When was the last time someone was civilly married or divorced?
  
  
• When was the last time you saw people not breaking every single traffic laws?
  

More examples about our surrounding.
When i went to the south in 2006 just after the war we went to fix a school in Hola village which is on the Lebanese-Israeli borders.
I looked at the Israeli side and saw very nice houses and LOT of PLANTED trees. The Lebanese side was like a desert with rocks.

Have a look:


+ we are the country of the cedars, how many cedar do you see everyday? NONE!

Someone posted on twitter that Syria forbade smoking in public places which i believe is a great step!! knowing that Syria level of freedom is very low.
Someone else replied that it's only an attempt to show they're better than Lebanese when it comes to "Life-style" inno 3anjad malla life style Lebanese have, full of tefshikh w mazahir.

People, if we don't admit that we're in real deep shit on all levels we will never go forward, things should be tackled one my one firmly without zikzak-ing.

I know my reply wasn't only related to freedom, but i'm just trying to show that discipline and patriotism are what causing these problems and that our level of freedom is low.

[Gilgamesh]

Here is how you measure the index of freedom in a country:

1- Freedom of expression: is every Lebanese person, free to express his/her opinion with fear of persecution,intimidation or retaliation? The answer is NO and can be easily proven

2- Freedom of association: Is every Lebanese person able to associate with any Lebanese group freely? NO, I worked closely with two parties in last elections and I can firmly answer with a resounding NO to this question...

3- Freedom of the press: Is the press in Lebanon free? NOO. Lebanon Is like Italy where brelescuni owns 75% of the media either directly or through family memberss. Besides, MTV and NTV know best how free you can be in Lebanon.

Lebanon doesnt have actual freedoms, only stupid ones unworthy of mentioning like the freedom of selling your daughter to a rich khaliji dude on daily basis. That Is not only ok but also encouraged. Tourism is the best

[abousoun]

نحن أكثر بلد يوجد به حـرية
ولكن رجاء إضافة نقطة على ال "ح"1

Thank You ...

[Neoxter]

Originally Posted by abousoun

نحن أكثر بلد يوجد به حـرية
ولكن رجاء إضافة نقطة على ال "ح"1

Thank You ...

w btezbat aktar eza 7azafna el "ي" kamen :P (besides the addition of the point)