Vote Jeita for Natural 7 wonders of the world!!

[Justin]

Originally Posted by Jess

its a matter of LEBANON guys!
seriously mish 3m saddi2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't give a crap about Lebanon, what has this country done for me lately? Take a look at yourself for an example, you are working outside the country because you do not earn the same in YOUR country.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by Justin

I don't give a crap about Lebanon, what has this country done for me lately? Take a look at yourself for an example, you are working outside the country because you do not earn the same in YOUR country.

Its not a matter if i'm working in Lebanon or outside, it's not a political matter, it has nothing to do with all these!

Why can't you just think in a logical way in regard to this subject?

and btw Tarek, mind your own business

[Jess]

Originally Posted by TAREK®

whatever it is do it fast la2an ur tone shows that u need to do so

and you obviously didn't get my opinion either:

what i'm saying is that our votes won't matter cause in the end the "judges" will pick whichever they want and just throw a number saying those are the ones who voted

yes I am proud of having something as beautiful as jeita in my country

HOWEVER knowing the lebanese mentality I know that this will affect us negatively more than positively (aret masareh)

so forgive me for not caring about the competition, Jeita wins 3azim, it loses, won't care, win or lose it won't affect my life in any way

but they will take into concideration the number of votes!

We rarely unite, why dont we this time? and for the sake of JEITA?

There is soo much more to leb then what what the Americans or Europeans or other countries see.
let the whole world know about the beautiful lebanon insted of watching the ugly scenes of manifestations, politics, and ugly wars...

[The Cheese]

Okay...we all need to breathe in a little.

1-In order to avoid any damaging confusion, UNESCO wishes to reaffirm that there is no link whatsoever between UNESCO's World Heritage programme, which aims to protect world heritage, and the current campaign concerning "The New 7 Wonders of the World".
This campaign was launched in 2000 as a private initiative by Bernard Weber, the idea being to encourage citizens around the world to select seven new wonders of the world by popular vote.
UNESCO's objective and mandate is to assist countries in identifying, protecting and preserving World Heritage. Acknowledging the sentimental or emblematic value of sites and inscribing them on a new list is not enough. Scientific criteria must be defined, the quality of candidates evaluated, and legislative and management frameworks set up.
Source http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/352

2-That being said,the polling (although unfair due to unlimitedness of posts) does gain popular ground as said by John Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling organization Zogby International :"New7Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record"
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sev...s_of_the_World

Examples:

The ubiquitous Vote for Petra campaign ultimately cost private businesses and the Jordanian government tens of thousands of dollars, and not all Jordanians were happy about this.
In the end, Petra received more than 22 million votes despite Jordan’s population of just over 6 million. This earned the ancient city second place behind China’s Great Wall. The other places elected were Peru’s Machu Picchu, the Mayan temple of Chichen Itza, Rome’s Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, and Rio’s statue of Christ Redeemer. Though the Statue of Liberty was a finalist, most American voters didn’t support the New York icon.
Source : http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.p.../article/3398/

3-Mexican officials said the recognition awarded to Chichen Itza offered an opportunity to boost Mexico’s tourism industry, which
has fallen off in recent years because of hurricane damage in
the Yucatan Peninsula, drug-related violence, and reports of
unrest in Oaxaca and other popular tourist destinations.
Tourism brought $13 billion into Mexico last year and was the
country’s third most important source of foreign income, after oil exports and money wired home from Mexicans living abroad.
80 % of foreign tourists visiting Mexico were from the U. S.

Source http://www.tourism-review.com/travel...rs-category548

4-The economic value of being voted as one of the New7Wonders of Nature has been estimated at $US1 billion over five years for each winner.The projection is based on an independent impact report just released by Grant Thornton, an international organization of chartered accountants and management consultants.
Grant Thornton’s projections are based on the campaign to choose the man-made Official New 7 Wonders of the World that culminated in 2007, in which 100 million votes were cast. Its report states that “measurable” results were seen at sites which made the top seven shortlisted in that campaign. “Visitors to Petra in Jordan increased by 61 percent and visitors to Christ the Redeemer in Brazil increased by 30 percent.”Source: http://news.n7w.com/2011/04/19/new7w...er-five-years/

5-Regardless of all else,including my opinion on the matter,Israel has been claiming that the dead sea is a wonder belonging to it therefore cheering for it like it's ice cream on a hot day.If you see nothing wrong with that from their side...nice (ma 7ada y2elle shou khass !)

In the end...no one's forcing or preventing anyone from voting.You're all making valid points somewhere depending on where you choose to see the matter from.Could you all vote\not vote in a more civil manner? no need for the uptightness.7ebbo ba3d.

[TAREK®]

Originally Posted by Jess

and btw Tarek, mind your own business

it is my business my dear he made some valuable points yet you decided to use sarcasm instead of replying to the guy

Originally Posted by Jess

but they will take into concideration the number of votes!

how can u be sure?

Originally Posted by Jess

We rarely unite, why dont we this time? and for the sake of JEITA?

right actions for the wrong reasons though this is the only thing i like from what i am seeing regarding this subject but its a shame that we need a stupid competition and a stupid grotto to unite us

Originally Posted by Jess

There is soo much more to leb then what what the Americans or Europeans or other countries see.
let the whole world know about the beautiful lebanon insted of watching the ugly scenes of manifestations, politics, and ugly wars...

and the whole world already knows that Lebanon is more than wars and politics 3adad el souwe7 bi dalon bi zeedo

[Jess]

Originally Posted by TAREK®

it is my business my dear he made some valuable points yet you decided to use sarcasm instead of replying to the guy




how can u be sure?


right actions for the wrong reasons though this is the only thing i like from what i am seeing regarding this subject but its a shame that we need a stupid competition and a stupid grotto to unite us



and the whole world already knows that Lebanon is more than wars and politics 3adad el souwe7 bi dalon bi zeedo

of course if they all think the way you do

look who's talking about sarcasm
cheers

[TAREK®]

Originally Posted by Jess

look who's talking about sarcasm

review every reply i made to u, didn't use sarcasm until i saw Sogelec about to blow

Originally Posted by Jess

cheers

[Sogelec]

Originally Posted by TAREK®

review every reply i made to u, didn't use sarcasm until i saw Sogelec about to blow

Silliness Makes Any1 Blow...And you don't wanna see me blowing on you

[Tawa]

In my opinion, if you don't like Lebanon the way it is, either do something to make a difference, OR just leave, go live somewhere else.

If you don't even make an effort to be part of something really silly and simple like this competition, YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO WHINE.

Eza hal shaghle l'zghire wel sa5ifeh w li ma badda majhoud kbir, mesh mest3eddin tsherko fiya, shou tarakto lal eshya l'kbireh w li 3anjad bta3mol fare2?

And the surprising part is that you're bashing the people who are participating and voting for Jeita. seriously guys?

[Kingroudy]

i don't really understand the reason why some people are proud not to be voting. well if you don't want to vote, you don't really have to.
But the problem is, there are people who think that it is always smarter to do the opposite of what the majority is doing, and this is a problem. You know, all the generalities are wrong including this one, and being always against the majority isn't always right.
More to it, the ones that aren't voting are shouting it out loud to sound smart while they don't realize how much of a scumbag they look like by not helping their country with this small thing.
The revenue that can be generated from tourists who will visit Jeita if it was considered one of the new wonders is huge.
If you don't want to vote, then dont