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Monday, June 13, 2005

Same old dusty today


I never expected big changes, Today is still the same old dusty yesterday...
We really desperately need a FREE media that can criticize what needs to be criticized and carefully watch , investigate and let independent intellectuals analyze..A media like that- not only on the net( but it does not even really exist on the net), which the majority can't afford -but a media in a form that reach all people. Like a TV station or newspapers.
If we had that..We wouldn't see as many brainwashed people hoping that some corrupt powerful people, will just simply turn in to mother Theresa ( from something quit different..The least to say!!!)and let go of all their power and possibilities to gain miliards and milliards of dollars until the end of time, just to lead the promised, empty "reform"..I have heard so much talk about reform, and who thankful we should be for it...Why grateful for something -that is not a "present" to be grateful for, by the way- that is not happening..

Back to corruption and reform and a need for a strong independent media, if we had the latter news like this would have been headlines, all should be talking about it, and referred to by opposition whenever they discuss things on the foreign channels. And compared to the whole budget of the state..And that comparison would shock many. And this is just one example, be sure it is still nothing!..
But actually...Is it really surprising? The amounts, still are..But the fact itself, no.
Thinking again about the false exaggerated hopes some brainwashed people hold..Why is the government talking about trying hard to make expatriats invest in Syria with the money they earned abroad (having small chances to do that here)..When the powerful people them selves keep their milliards in foreign Banks? At least keep the "earned!!" money, in national Syrian Banks!!..At least that might help the poor economy a bit!!
But no...The young generation should know better what future to expect. Unemployment, economy getting worse and more children diving in garbage looking for rotten food.

Yet again, I know some might say there are really good people in the government who really want to change and reform..Well..I say in that case, that anyway...Let's help them than! Lets not be so unfair to leave them alone with the too heavy responsibility- making it mission impossible, I truly believe we should take part of some of the burden, cause otherwise it is really unfair and mean to them!..So let's break the wall of fear and dare to help them, and our selves.
A miracle sometimes can start step by step, quite simply..It might be a long road, but every little step is great. Just look at our neighbor Egypt-by the way don't get confused, the carton is talking about government in Egypt, not Kefaya..which is still breathing and shouting :) - ( شعار كفاية يجب ان يكون شعار الحركة الديمقراطية العربية الجديدة) for example..

4 Comments:

At 2:30 PM, Yazan said...

well... that's great.. hbut it's the same stupid circle.. u ask the same currupt ppl to fix media..!!! it's nuts... there's gotta be sth a bit stronger than internet slogans to drive this country into real reform... and until ppl realize that they need to go to the street and take things into their own hands rather than stand around and see the same 200protestors getting beated by (spontaneous) anti-protestors.. and the syrian internal security forces just watching... until then any speak of reform ANY reform is a total Mirage.. u heard about what happned to "Domary" "Al-Mal" and others... as long as they have the upper hand... they have control over the press.. and they're not letting go that easily..

 
At 4:19 PM, Catherine said...

Well , of course I was not really expecting the same corrupt people to start a free media..and yes I know about, and miss, Aldomari..
Anyway..It was just som ideas that crossed my mind , nothing more..
I think it's better today than 10 years ago when it comes to media..And this is a developpment that will be hard to stop, so there is some hope of course..but my hope lies on the civil society, brave journalists,and the rest of us ppl too, who need to organize better,it's easier to brake the wall of fear when u are many, etc..rather than the official governement media and ppl!

 
At 12:52 PM, Yazan said...

well... we got our share of brave journalists alright... Yassine Hajj-Saleh and Hakam Al-Baba and.... it gives a glimpse of hope... but civil society [not the movement] the real society is what needs to be shaken down deep... cuz let's face it, it is much more rotten than the regime itself... and from the inside.. it's much more corrupt..!!
well, I'm not a political analyst myself.. so mine r just thoughts as well... ;)

 
At 12:30 PM, natasha said...

hey good thoughts. I don't know Arabic so I am deeply curious: what are they saying in that cartoon? And what is that link to the news about?

 

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