This is Lebanon
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This is a billboard being seen all over Beirut these past few days. How they managed to get it printed and posted in all of this fighting I have no idea.
It's an ad for a local bank, and it says: "No matter how cloudy the sky gets, Lebanon's sun shall return".
This is our defiant spirit. This is our will to overcome.
This is what makes us Lebanese. This is Lebanon.
posted by Ramzi at Wednesday, July 26, 2006
13 Comments:
We shall survive and overcome.
Over and over and over and over again :)
"the sun also rises"
Your headline says:
"Lebanon is under savage attack by Israel to collectively punish the Lebanese for Hizbollah's actions."
I'm afraid that's part of what it means to be a democracy. You have a collective responsibility for all that happens within your borders. If you cannot or will not try to stop internationally hostile actions from being executed within your borders, you will be held responsible.
I suggest you deal with the problem as quickly as possible, for the good of the entire world - except for those small enclaves of lunatics that, for some reason, you have benn sheltering...
I discussed this ad when a friend when it first got released. I told him that in my opinion this campaign should have come in phases. I thought that this ad should have been phase 2. Right when the bombardments stop. I thought it would be better to have a more of "we will survive" type of campaign for phase 1.
I guess I was wrong if it had a positive impact on the people in Lebanon.
your ideal and reasolve inspire the world....thank you
What a great ad! It sure makes me want to open an account at the bank!
That doesn't mean I'm not worried. Even if the Israelis unilaterally stopped their bombardment today and withdrew its troops, the longer Lebanon is "defiant" the greater the temptation for Iran to nuke Lebanon and put the blame on Israel.
Hey, Mustafa - a great ad that you didn't create! Looks like you've got some worthy competition!
Anonymous
Responsible yes. But Lebanon did not declare war on Israel, Israel has no right to declare war on Lebanon and the Lebanese. That is what the UN is for.
Solomon2
I fear your nukes just as much as I fear Iran's (or at least the ones you deny you have). Interesting that you defy the nuclear nonproliferation treaty just as Iran does, and yet we're supposed to turn a blind eye because, well, you're the good guys. And lets not forget the holocaust.
And I'm not Mustafa.
ramzi:
1) I'm an American. Lebanon probably isn't on any of our target lists.
2) I don't think you have to fear a surprise attack by Israeli nukes because Israelis don't dream of such destructive warfare to change political reality. But I feel certain the Iranians do.
3) Israel isn't a signatory of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, but Iran is. So the legal obligations of Israel and Iran aren't equal.
4) How can I forget the Holocaust? What's your point?
5) I know you're not Mustafa, but I guess he'll read your blog. He's really good at graphic arts and advertisements...
1) I did not know you were American, but that is besides the point. You are taking the Israeli stance.
2) Again, you trust the Israelis. I don't.
3) The point is moot, Israel developed and mantains nuclear weapons and nobody seems to find it's a problem.
4) Of course you do. But I'm used to getting it plugged into every argument concerning Israel that I just had to write it somewhere.
What do or don't you trust the Israelis about? Check my latest post for my thoughts on this matter.
While all this is going on, while the world's attention is diverted, Is Iran poised to strike?
Read it and tell us what you think.
Papa Ray
Ramzi,
After reading some of the insensitive and pig-headed comments being posted on your blog by "pro-israelis" (or should I call it as it is, "Zionists", since I would be underminding the minority of Israelis in Haifa who are sane humans that denounce the the daily massacres carried out by the IDF), I am sincerely starting to believe you might wanna consider deleting their posts from now on, it seems useless to talk to people with "1-track-minds", and for solomon2 and Anonymous, you guys are talking to the minority of fair-minded, democratic, educated citizens of Lebanon, so you better not push it, now you can see why fanaticism rises!!!!
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