Letters Apart: October 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

another casualty.

this saturday, a family of four drove off a damaged bridge - the mother and one of the children were killed.

... drove off a damaged bridge ...

as if it isn't enough that a thousand plus were brutally murdered as israel ravaged lebanon, or that individuals are still being injured and killed and maimed with the cluster bombs israel casually littered over the south ...

it should be taken for granted that the least those "in charge" can do is to properly cordon off damaged bridges, unless of course, they too believe that "a drop of lebanese blood" is not worth much at all ...

Saturday, October 28, 2006

sunday V.

(probably won't have time to do this tomorrow ... so i'll do it today.)

the rhythm of the sea.

(a lonely boat dancing near the coast in Dbayeh, Lebanon)

Thursday, October 26, 2006

www.breakingthesilence.org.il

i know that nabih berri's proposal of having a hiwar is the topic du jour; however, i found this "breaking news" not worth much time, considering that there is no reason to repeat myself twice on the matter.

back to the title ... this organization is a group of idf and ex-idf soldiers that have decided to speak out against the militant israeli culture. kudos to them, but they are not the point of this post. talking to one of their members however made me reflect on the symmetry between the militant culture of hezbollah and that of israel, and by "symmetry" i am not referring to actions, but rather to a mental state of mind - a "construct", if you will. i find it disturbing that those who rightly lash out at israel and it's self-defeating militarism actively support hezbollah, without criticizing various aspects of hezbollah. we must keep the long term effects of such constructs in mind and criticize accordingly. after all,it is our responsibility to speak out, as silence is an extra step towards the self-implosion of lebanon. good night.

silhouette.

(Baakline, Lebanon)

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

time to unfocus.

(Antelias, Lebanon)

Sunday, October 22, 2006

"Coalitions of the unwilling" - The Economist

A short yet interesting read.

sunday IV.

almost there.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

fog in the city

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

"you should support aoun. he's different."

Unfortunately, I can only disagree with that.

Monday, October 16, 2006

the t-shirt

ok.

i've had this t-shirt (no to sectarianism) on the sidebar for some time now, but haven't explicitly advertised it yet. it's the first time i actually use cafepress, and i wanted to first buy a t-shirt and test it out. so far, it hasn't dissapointed. on that note, thanks to those who already bought some. i've heard back from some; for the rest, i hope you liked your orders.

the t-shirt (and the other products in the cafepress store) is non-profit. it's based on a logo i made way back in the day, which some other blogs have used. that specific logo wasn't "print" quality, so i had to wait till i had more time to create a more presentable version of it.

anyways, the store can be accessed here. there are various t-shirt designs, and a few other items with the logo; the picture below is of the t-shirt i bought, which you can use as a data point.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

october 13, 1990

sunday III.

"the best is yet to come."

Sunday, October 08, 2006

sunday II.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

unfortunately ... a sign of what may come.

yesterday's clash "over illegal housing" ... or so was said.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

fascinating.

"arms without borders" has released some very interesting figures, which include:

Global military spending is estimated to exceed $1 trillion this year - roughly 15 times annual international aid expenditure.
There are enough bullets in the world to shoot all 6 billion of us twice.

more information can be found in their report. all very fascinating ... sadistically speaking of course.