دعـــــــــــــوة لـلـــتـــواجـــد الــــيـــــوم ……. وأحـضـر مـعـك مــقــصــاً
Filed under عـــام by فرناس on 31-10-2009
Tags : عــام
فــــرنــــاس | لا خير في فكرة لم يتجرد لها صاحبها، ولم يجعلها ردائه وكفنه، بها يعيش وبها يموت
علينا دوماً أن نبحث في الإنسان قبل أن نبحث في الأحداث، فكما يكون الإنسان تكون الأحداث، وليس كما تكون الأحداث يكون الإنسان. إن الوطن أعز من أن يهدموا وحدته بدعاوى التعصب. وإن المستقبل يصنعه القلم لا السواك، والعمل لا الإعتزال، والعقل لا الدروشة، والمنطق لا الرصاص. والأهم من ذلك كله أن يدركوا حقيقة غائبة عنهم، وهي أنهم ليسوا وحدهم جماعة المسلمين. وليس هناك خطوط حمراء غير خطوط الدم الإنسانيحافظ الجمالي وفرج فودة
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I left a similar comment on another more circulated blog in hopes that readers might identify with what I perceive as a deficiency of such meetings that you (or your party) are hosting. However, I re-post it here in hopes for a response from someone who is seemingly keen on communication.
The problem with - or rather futility of - such meetings as I see it, is that they uselessly revolve around the same group of people who toss back and forth concepts that are unanimously agreed upon prior to these congregations. By that, the meetings represent a closed-cycle in which theories and ideas are just that; they cannot be realized or implemented and by that are hollow.
I couldn’t help but notice, for example, that despite the many meetings that advocate freedom of published materials and media censorship, there was never a serious concern over something as crucial as early literacy programs directed at parent & child, which on its own, is capable of not only portraying but actualizing how important it is to instill reading in young children who are our future advocates when it comes to those freedoms that those meetings are all about.
What’s more significant, though, is that despite the “noble” cause of advocating for such freedoms, unless these meeting are accompanied by actions and actual work, they are mere shows that portray how we – as Arabs – are still people who would rather be vocal about things than to actually work to achieve them.
What you need is a solid and organized plan that integrates a number of services, provided by your party to the public, in which you can actually show people how important reading is and the wonders it accomplishes. You need some sort of public relations committee, comprised hardworking youth, who are willing to go out there and put those theories of yours into practice.
By that, you would be doing yourself and the public – who are the majority and who do not know you exist – a favor. You would also be able to transform from your ghost-like status, represented by that closed-cycle of yours, and start reaching out to others who need your input the most, in regards to this apparently hollow campaign.
Last but not least, these scissors that your group came up with – which made me laugh I gotta tell ya – merely reasserts the fact that this truly is a show rather than a seriously planned and outreaching program. Who came up with that idea? Abbaso? LoL.
Of all the objects in the world, you chose scissors, which is an extremely bad idea, given that they’re sharp and all. If you were sincere about this meeting, you could have had people bring in mini journals (kind of like blue books) so as to write down their responses, their ideas, or simply their contact numbers so as to be reached for further voluntary work.
Scissors. LoL. That is a major safety hazard. Whatever happened to good old pen and paper?
Hello Anonymous Farmer
I noticed that you are preaching a wisdom which you do not practice yourself
You have noticed that “”there was never a serious concern over something as crucial as early literacy programs””, as you’ve written above among other things, YET your blog is “”FOR INVITED READERS ONLY”. I wonder why???
You see, if you are complaining about an absence of such issues, well before you start criticizing others for doing something else and ignoring what you are complaining about, try to do something yourself about it, SUCH AS use your own blog to drive the attention of the public to such issues instead of DOING ABSOULTY NOTHING except preaching a wisdom which you do not really believe in.
Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote something to the effect:
“If there is anything an IDLE aristocrat should respect, that would be the work of others”.
I strongly recommend that you post the above quote in your blog for future reference.
Now, regarding the scissors. You said it’s a “safety hazard”. Well, lighting candles in large numbers a definite SAFETY HAZARD, right????? However, you DO NOT DARE to object, WHY????
There is a reason, I leave it to your own SELF discovery
Regards,
Fernas
I must say, I am quite disappointed in your reply (as I was with your other ones) because of your inability to get the gist of the comment and because of your lacking common sense, and I’ll show you how.
Blogging does not necessarily mean actual work. Blogging is easy, it’s more glamorous, and it’s hollow unless it is followed or aimed at actual work, which is something blogging in Kuwait does not encompass. Believe me, I’d rather blog than do what I do.
Working is hard, it’s real, it’s less glamorous and always behind the scenes unless you’re working under a known organization. And it is the only thing that pays off. And it has nothing to do with blogging unless it’s used for immediate working purposes.
I was advocating early literacy programs (that means kids, not blogging adults by the way), which is what I do in real life. I am a volunteer at a public library and at a public school where children are shown just how exciting reading is, with programs like silent reading, read-alouds, and so forth.
Those kids have realized (with my help and many other volunteers and librarians) how crucial books are in our lives. And upon receiving parents’ input regarding their reading schedule with their children, we have noticed an increase in the time and effort these parents are dedicating towards early literacy. And that alone is a major major achievement, Fernas.
So as you can see, writing down a couple of measly words (blogging) that are not backed up with actual words is useless. In addition, and that’s besides the point, I have never posted anything on my blog since it would be useless, which is why I left all those references on my profile for people to check out, which is what I would have written about anyway. So as long as people check out these sources, I’ve done my part in regards to blogging.
You perceive me as idle, Fernas, simply because I do not blog. Don’t you see how devastating that is for you? You associate idleness with not blogging, and by that link blogging with real work. That is obscene since you disparage real people out there who would rather work than theorize.
I would say shame on you, but that ship has long sailed, buddy.
You call my comment “preaching” when it is merely my observations on something that could be transformed into the real deal with a little bit of work, which I integrate into every theory I know of; what good are theories if not realized?
You accuse me of disparaging the work of others. But Fernas, here’s the thing; you are not working.
You are not working.
Your congregations are as hollow as a bad nut and what kills me is that you do not see that. I perceive you people as one of my own (unfortunately) due to our similar stances on life. Yet, your people have transformed into people who theorize rather than work, preach rather than serve, and blog rather than actualize.
I would have said the same thing in regards to candles. But you went ahead and judged me on that one already, didn’t you?
Is it any clearer now?
You are still a vocal Arab. Transform into actions, Arab.
On the contrary my friend, I understand you quite perfectly. Please read my earlier replies very carefully, they contain all your answers. Attempting to philosophize facts does NOT make them go away.
One more thing. Try modesty, they say it’s THE road for many good things, and they say that whoever Not modest usually hiding so many weaknesses
Regards,
Fernas
I re-read your initial comment and here’s the deal:
You accuse me of not practicing what I preach. You are wrong. I do practice what I preach (you re-read my initial comment now) and it is based on my practices that I pose my stance on your allegedly enlightened meetings.
You proclaim my insincerity/incomprehensibility in regards to early literacy since my blog is an invite-only. You are wrong. Blogging should not be associated with early literacy (which I practice weekly with pre-schoolers, not bloggers). Furthermore, blogging should not be your gauge on productivity. That is called nonsense.
You accuse me of being idle and of criticizing your fellow “it’s all a show” upholders based on the fact that I do not blog. You are wrong. I am not idle and perceive work as a reaching-out program that put theories into practice by offering services to the public.
That in itself would be greatly appreciated in Kuwait since it would lead to uniting the public - who are greatly diverse - through such services and programs.
Finally, you mention (on your last comment) that I should try modesty. By denoting that, you strike your own discourse and standing by resorting to personalizing issues rather than being objective towards my discourse.
Last but not least:
عيز حمار أبوي يا فرناس
The only thing I respect in regards to your stance is your conviction in it. But when those convictions are lacking (by lacking practice), I can’t help you there. You’re on your own, man.
Ahh … multiple comments on the same respond. I struck a nerve here
Well, I still hold my grounds regarding my opinion on you personally which I laid down in details in here, in addition to what I wrote above:
http://fernas.blog.com/2009/10/21/%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af-%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%82%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ab%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%b4%d8%b1-%d8%a7/#comments
and
http://fernas.blog.com/2009/10/19/%d8%aa%d9%82%d9%88%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%81%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%9f/#comments
So please re-read all my comments regarding your participation in this blog, believe me, all your answers are there.
بس حبيت أقول:
ترى المشكلة مو في حمار أبوك
regards
Fernas
Yes, multiple comments on the same response. That is because you asked me to re-read your comments, not because you struck a nerve. If you ever strike a nerve with me, I’ll let you know. I’m quite honest about that and usually let commentators know.
And you’re right:
المشكلة مو في حمار أبوي
(………….)
Regards
لقد حذفت ما خرج عن حدود الأدب. رأيي فيك من البداية بأنك من هذه النوعية التي تتخفى حول فلسفة الحقائق لإنكارها، ولكنك في الحقيقة لا تملك أي شيء إلا ما هو شائع ويخرج إلى حدود الإبتذال.
كل التعليقات التي سوف تضعها في المدونة في المستقبل سوف تلغى على أنها
SPAM
حيث تستحق أن تكون
فرناس
لقد قرأت مداخلتك الأخيرة بعد أن وضعتك على أن مداخلاتك في خانة
SPAM
سوف أقتبسها أدناه، وقد رفعتك من هذه الخانة. بإمكانك أن تكتب ما تشاء هنا
فرناس
هذا ما كتبته أنت:
You should not have done that. That was my freedom of expression. Unbelievable. And only a few hours after your meeting regarding censorship.
There was nothing wrong with my last phrase. It was both intelligent and funny. However, if you took it as offensive, I deeply apologize and reassure you that it was not intended to be so.
So no, my comment wasn’t wrong. What’s wrong is that you - as opposed to your blog that defines you as understanding - are neither understanding nor tolerant of disagreeing opinions, especially - as I’ve noticed - if they’re written in English.
You just behaved in defiance of what the meeting was all about. I rest my case.
You should not have done that. That was my freedom of expression. Unbelievable. And only a few hours after your meeting regarding censorship.
There was nothing wrong with my last phrase. It was both intelligent and funny. However, if you took it as offensive, I deeply apologize and reassure you that it was not intended to be so.
So no, my comment wasn’t wrong. What’s wrong is that you - as opposed to your blog that defines you as understanding - are neither understanding nor tolerant of disagreeing opinions, especially - as I’ve noticed - if they’re written in English.
You just behaved in defiance of what the meeting was all about. I rest my case.
Yes dear, am anti English language & trying to establish a political party around this issue
Fernas
Well what do you know? There is a God, after all.
As much as I’m pleased with your seemingly understanding latter comment, I am not satisfied.
It’s you, Fernas, who must make up for what you’ve done and prove to me that you are - in fact - tolerant of disagreeing others.
Ball’s in your court.
By the way, you should never be anti-English or any other language; all languages are beautiful. What you mean, perhaps, is that you’re anti employing English when there’s Arabic to be used.
And I totally agree, if that’s your stance. And I must admit my deficiencies in Arabic, which I greatly abhor. It makes me feel inferior and a sell-out, which I’m not but there you go.
I am practicing though, which is the best that I can do at the moment.
I haven’t done anything beyond responding to your comments in the same spirit that were written in.
Just try to calm down, will you. Am not trying to put you down or something. Its just your negative attitude towards everything that you do not like, in addition to your obvious prejudice which was manifested quite clearly in previous posts. All I ask from you is to try to understand before you judge. Is that hard to ask?
Fernas
Thank you for your advice my dear, I’ll try to remember this in the future
Fernas
I am prejudiced, yes. So are you. We are all prejudiced in one way or another. There is no escape from that, the only difference is how far we’re prejudiced. And personally, I think I’m quite alright in that regard.
Of course you were not trying to make me feel bad. I am the only person capable of making myself feel bad by reflecting on and judging my own actions, which I do daily.
I am not negative but proactive, and there’s a difference. Negative is saying you’re wrong and that’s that. Proactive is offering solutions, which I have done.
I will attempt, one last time, for the sake of children, to illuminate the effectiveness of community services, community work, and community spirit through programs like early literacy as opposed to hollow meetings.
When we started working at the public library, we would plan our lessons and carefully choose stories that put across certain messages for children. Books that teach children about what home & country is all about. It really gets through to them since the illustrations are geared towards children. And even parents are moved and often check-out books to read at home.
Rather than blog to citizens about the definition and importance of citizenship, integrate that with early literacy as a way to reach both parent & child. The outcomes are unbelievable.
A Jewish mother walked in with her own story one day, asking me to read it to the children as it was her favorite story as a child. It’s called “Mrs. Katz and Tush”, which is about Jewish heritage and prior suffering.
I liked reading the book since it advocated tolerance towards different others. The next week I brought in an Arabic story comprised of plays about similar matters. Not only did the kids like it, but the Jewish mother learned about her own intolerance in regards to Arabs.
Early literacy, as a program, is a powerful weapon that empowers children, parents, and adults to get involved and become great citizens. It is also a program that pays it forward on its own.
If programs like these were implemented in Kuwait, and they’re much needed, the theories that we love and support would come alive be integrated into our day-to-day lives.
I understand now. I apologies if I ever hurt your feelings. If you like me to delete anything that I wrote and offended you with I will do it now to your satisfaction. But please, please, please, try to understand my motives and the whole content in future posts before you make your final judgment. I will be more than happy to spend hours discussing what I wrote with you for the single purpose of understanding, however, am not ready to spend one moment with a person who made his/here final judgment in the issue. This is all I request from you my dear.
Your temper is unbelievable
Best Regards,
Fernas
لم أقرا جميع التعليقات ولكنني أتمنى أن يكون أحد المعلقين قد تطرق لخطورة الحضور باعداد كبيرة,وكل من هذه الاعداد تحمل السلاح الأبيض.ز
أقدر الهدف النبيل والحيوي للتجمع ولكن يجب أن تدرس النواحي الأمنية لسلامة الأشخاص وسلامة الهدف في عيون المٌستهدَفين من حملة التوعية هذه من عموم الشعب .ز
أتمنى أن يكون التجمع قد مر بسلاسة وسلامة…ز
زميلي العزيز المنصور
تحية لك
الهدف رمزي والغرض منه هو القاء هذه المقصات في القمامة وليس ابقاءها متداولة بين الجمهور
تحياتي الحارة يا عزيزي
فرناس