Alright, this is really worrying. I was just on You Tube and I saw a video titled "Three Little Pigs" and was seriously disturbed.
It's basically a video that uses the popular game "Angry Birds" to depict the Middle East revolutions. I won't go into it too much... I think you should watch it yourself and form your own opinions. I have mine, and, to put it briefly, I think people are deluded.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0i9acHS_zQ&feature=channel_video_title
Since I'm no expert on politics and have no interest in entering any irrational arguments, I'll refrain from commenting on the video's material itself. All I'd like to say is that we (those of us who have never experienced a revolution and aren't a part of any of the revolutions in the Middle East) have no right to ever assume that we can understand what those people are going through. The hardships that all of them are facing at this point are unimaginable and I truly wish with all my heart that no more people lose their lives. One of the revolting countries (not mentioned in the video) is my own and I sincerely hope that the people can reach an understanding immediately because people are losing much more than just lives. To be alive and to live with the grief of one who has been killed is no easy feat and I express my condolences to all those who have found themselves in such situations.
Now, back to the topic that I originally intended to address: Arabophobia. I just coined the term as I'm sure countless others have done before me. After watching the "Three Little Pigs" video, I went through some of the comments to see what people thought and to see if any of their opinions matched mine. I found myself looking instead at a list of useless , ignorant comments not about the politics of the matter or the graveness of the situation, but rather about people's asinine assumptions of what they thought Arabs were like.
For example: "arabs will be like people soon!"
Judging from this gem of a comment, I'm going to conclude that this person basically just categorized Arabs as... what?... animals? I'm also going to go ahead and assume that this person has arrived upon this verdict via the help of their lovely friend, Media. Oh, and I suppose that he/she also believes that these barbaric Arabs live in tents, ride camels to work, carry guns in the market place and hide khanjars (daggers) under their pillows just in case somebody tries to steal their coffee. Not to mention the bombs they'd happen to have tucked into their belts. Wait, no that can't be right... where the hell would they get belts from? They're bloody nomads.
What this person probably doesn't know is that their friend, Media, is a rather two-faced little chica. She practically has him wrapped around her little finger. She probably even told him a whole bunch of stuff about the "uncivilized" people who live in those "strange lands". All jokes aside, I can't imagine why somebody would attack the people of a place they have never taken the time to get to know. Unfortunately, we live in a world where most people form not only political but even racial opinions based on the lady in red: Media. Personally, I'd hate to ever be the person who judges people based on what some attention-seeker tells me.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that everybody in the world is attacking Arabs. I'm trying to say that all the ignorant people in the world are attacking anybody who seems to differ from them in any way. Many Arabs have formed their opinions about "those Westerners" as well. What they fail to realise is that they're attacking people they've never met or interacted with. One might say "Oh I knew some Americans and Europeans! I used to work with them! How can you say that I don't know them?" Oh, I'm sorry, did you say you met every single American and European to walk this earth? Well, that gives you every right to attack them.
So, when you HAVE met all the Arabs in the world and have arrived upon the conclusion that they are all barbaric and ape-like beings, you can then justly use the phrase "Arabs will be like people soon!" Until then, how about you solve some of your own problems first and then decide to solve others' problems for them? Comprendez?
One comment that appealed to me happened to be in response to the one posted above: "yeah, like people, with freedom from money, free for drugs, gangs, whores, free from moral etc"
I'm just saying... we attack others for being "wrong" about things when we ourselves are living in places with serious issues that have to be dealt with. The world is plunging into ignorance, and little Media here knows it. "What's the harm in a few tweaks in my stories here and there? They don't know any better anyways" she says.
It's basically a video that uses the popular game "Angry Birds" to depict the Middle East revolutions. I won't go into it too much... I think you should watch it yourself and form your own opinions. I have mine, and, to put it briefly, I think people are deluded.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0i9acHS_zQ&feature=channel_video_title
Since I'm no expert on politics and have no interest in entering any irrational arguments, I'll refrain from commenting on the video's material itself. All I'd like to say is that we (those of us who have never experienced a revolution and aren't a part of any of the revolutions in the Middle East) have no right to ever assume that we can understand what those people are going through. The hardships that all of them are facing at this point are unimaginable and I truly wish with all my heart that no more people lose their lives. One of the revolting countries (not mentioned in the video) is my own and I sincerely hope that the people can reach an understanding immediately because people are losing much more than just lives. To be alive and to live with the grief of one who has been killed is no easy feat and I express my condolences to all those who have found themselves in such situations.
Now, back to the topic that I originally intended to address: Arabophobia. I just coined the term as I'm sure countless others have done before me. After watching the "Three Little Pigs" video, I went through some of the comments to see what people thought and to see if any of their opinions matched mine. I found myself looking instead at a list of useless , ignorant comments not about the politics of the matter or the graveness of the situation, but rather about people's asinine assumptions of what they thought Arabs were like.
For example: "arabs will be like people soon!"
Judging from this gem of a comment, I'm going to conclude that this person basically just categorized Arabs as... what?... animals? I'm also going to go ahead and assume that this person has arrived upon this verdict via the help of their lovely friend, Media. Oh, and I suppose that he/she also believes that these barbaric Arabs live in tents, ride camels to work, carry guns in the market place and hide khanjars (daggers) under their pillows just in case somebody tries to steal their coffee. Not to mention the bombs they'd happen to have tucked into their belts. Wait, no that can't be right... where the hell would they get belts from? They're bloody nomads.
What this person probably doesn't know is that their friend, Media, is a rather two-faced little chica. She practically has him wrapped around her little finger. She probably even told him a whole bunch of stuff about the "uncivilized" people who live in those "strange lands". All jokes aside, I can't imagine why somebody would attack the people of a place they have never taken the time to get to know. Unfortunately, we live in a world where most people form not only political but even racial opinions based on the lady in red: Media. Personally, I'd hate to ever be the person who judges people based on what some attention-seeker tells me.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that everybody in the world is attacking Arabs. I'm trying to say that all the ignorant people in the world are attacking anybody who seems to differ from them in any way. Many Arabs have formed their opinions about "those Westerners" as well. What they fail to realise is that they're attacking people they've never met or interacted with. One might say "Oh I knew some Americans and Europeans! I used to work with them! How can you say that I don't know them?" Oh, I'm sorry, did you say you met every single American and European to walk this earth? Well, that gives you every right to attack them.
So, when you HAVE met all the Arabs in the world and have arrived upon the conclusion that they are all barbaric and ape-like beings, you can then justly use the phrase "Arabs will be like people soon!" Until then, how about you solve some of your own problems first and then decide to solve others' problems for them? Comprendez?
One comment that appealed to me happened to be in response to the one posted above: "yeah, like people, with freedom from money, free for drugs, gangs, whores, free from moral etc"
I'm just saying... we attack others for being "wrong" about things when we ourselves are living in places with serious issues that have to be dealt with. The world is plunging into ignorance, and little Media here knows it. "What's the harm in a few tweaks in my stories here and there? They don't know any better anyways" she says.
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