Caring about things that dont really matter!!!!?
It's a bit outdated, but i wrote this a year ago, when all the fuss was still fresh...i tried to be as objective as possible... read on.
All my friends and some of my family always tell me, "You should write a book"... I often Wondered, is it cos i use language better than they do? or because they just bid me well, or is It cos they are just being supportive and I want to hang onto anything that could encourage me into accessing my dream... I often wonder....But, let's say i did decide to start such a huge step... what would i write about? i would be another "cheesy writer", putting their feelings into letters, publish them for other people to read... what else would i add to this miserable thing called "world" ? there are some people who 
looked death in the eye, and didnot write books, and here i am, thinking of writing a book cos i had a stupid row with my mom??? is that worth hundreds of papers to-be typed? the expenses that would come with it? i mean really, think about it... what have i got to add...besides my feelings and thoughts?? im just another peorson. i would love to be that miracle, or genius that would add some flavor to her book, making it a best seller, ok, lets not aim too high here, i would settle for having people reading it and thinking its good enough to buy.
looked death in the eye, and didnot write books, and here i am, thinking of writing a book cos i had a stupid row with my mom??? is that worth hundreds of papers to-be typed? the expenses that would come with it? i mean really, think about it... what have i got to add...besides my feelings and thoughts?? im just another peorson. i would love to be that miracle, or genius that would add some flavor to her book, making it a best seller, ok, lets not aim too high here, i would settle for having people reading it and thinking its good enough to buy.So here i am, trying to find a topic to write about... and nothing really...i mean nothing of real worth.should i tell you how my day went by? or should i discuss with you my point of view on some of the hot topics discussed nowadays? probably start with the "The Vinci code" that's a good topic to discuss... but i will fall in to some category of people, i wont be introducing anything special... some people find it crossing the lines, and some simply don't... that's what it falls into in the end of the day..personally, im with the latter part of people... im not a very well-read person, so i won't offer any philosophies about Christianity or any of the topics dealt within the book... i can't just say something when i am not sure about...
what i can say is this: he wants to write the book, because he found some hardcore evidence supporting his findings ... so why is everyone so against him and his book? people are making a big deal of it, making the common,ordinary people such as myself, who aren't all acknowledged about everything there is to know, think, why are they making such a big fuss?
God gave us freedom to express anything we want right? so let everyone express it, if someone thought something, no matter how trespassing he is to religions, or human rights..its his problem... its his own and only opinion, and if there are other people who support him, then again, it's their own and only decision to do so... the media is just influencing us to believe things in exaggerated terms ... ok, what if what the discussed topics in his book turned out to be true... they are not God to say that those events aren't true... where they there with Jesus Christ if he married or didn't marry Merriam the Magdalene? the old testemant was written 400 years after the death of Jesus Christ! so where they there? are there any live
eye-witnesses? No, but there is historic evidence that leads us to believe things people interpreted, and lead us to believe those interpretations, according to their views and beliefs...
eye-witnesses? No, but there is historic evidence that leads us to believe things people interpreted, and lead us to believe those interpretations, according to their views and beliefs...
Isn't that what's happening now? Just waves of thoughts, and ideas flowing into our brains, that are induced by other people... practically we are not thinking for ourselves, we are thinking what they want us to think... so??? what are we thinking exactly?so, he wants to write, let the guy write...remember the fuss that was made by the caricature drawings of Prohpet Mohammed?? Muslim countries boycott danish products... their embassies were closed down..yada yada yada, for those who prefer etc, then, etc etc etc... and then? what is the use? there is a limit not to be crossed, there should be boundaries in life, that is true... cos then we would be living in the wild....a guy, drew some stupid things about the Prophet of Islam Mohammed, if that's what he thinks deep down, and then put those drawings to reality, like i am doing now, putting my thoughts on paper, or a "notepad" in my case to be precise... so what? its his thought? if others agree with him, then buy the freaking paper and laugh with him, those are against him,then simply dont buy the paper, one person's thoughts doesn't embody the Prophet of Islam in some lousy drawings... he already thinks it, what has changed? the riots? the burnings? the aggressive response he found from the Muslim world? is that what he was seeking? and what did the Muslim world achieve by all this destruction? not one damn thing, they just made those who didn't give a damn, give a damn, and those who didn't buy the paper, buy the paper... so, again?
Let alone some good old-fashioned reputation about Muslims, let alone what the world already thinks of us, all those irresponsible acts lead the world to believe that we are terrorists, why couldnt they just object peacfully like the Christians did on the topic of the "The davinci code" ? what did they achieve? defend Prophet Mohammed? He doesnot need defending... if someone who has a right frame of mind, he would simply search the net about him, and they will find out who he truly was, a divine person... common, u r reading this through the net, why dont you do some simple searches about him? what it will take 15 minutes of your time to find out who this person was? other than just copying the thoughts of other people into your brain??
I just dont see why people fuss about unimportant stuff when there are more serious things in this world than a writer who says that Jesus Christ had a wife, messing with Christianity and what people believe, or some Journalist who portrays the Prophet Mohammed in such a demeaning way... there are some serious epidemics in this world, that needs our attention more than those read, and watched so called problems ..
People are dying for God's sake; people are suffering, real, flesh and blood human beings are being tortured. Live and breathing...suffer... and we give our undivided attention to articles, books... and people are dying... is that what the world has come to? caring about things that dont really matter?
July 1, 2007 at 11:36 a.m.
still asleep but will read it 1st thing when i wake up but still #1 :P
July 1, 2007 at 11:45 a.m.
Dude, u're over workin urself, its a longgggg post, so when u wake up, get ur coffee, twice as much coffee in it, ur glasses, and something to eat 4 laters! lol
July 1, 2007 at 11:54 a.m.
LOL ahmed elmohim dar comment, bokel elweld hada mesh tabe3e..lol
well sweetie, I often feel like writing about my life, and it will be a probably very intersting book to read..lol but then I go, NOPE.... but u r very talented mashallah and I see u one of those ppl getting places in life :o) so good luck sweetie
July 1, 2007 at 12:18 p.m.
heheh shofti,he's passionate about competitions! lol o inti a7ref minnah... hey thanks for all this.. u read it all??? salutations man, its long... i knoww! lol
if i write a book, will dedicate it to u, and all my fans and supporters, and all those who believed in my, and my talent, and that i could do it, Thank you all ,
blowing kisses to the audience
*clapping in the background*
looooool wa7da 3ashit il door,hehehehe! lool
July 1, 2007 at 1:51 p.m.
i dont think people like you could write best sellers.. unless you give up the convictions you so passionatly write about...
keep writing for us.. :) ill prob do more good than you writing a bst seller.. keep wriing on your blog the way you do :)
please
salam
July 1, 2007 at 1:58 p.m.
hehehe Mani, i never wrote i want to write a best-seller.. if you read carefully you would have known that this wasnot my intention..
ur comment was a compliement with a twist of an insult... dont know what to make of it.. dont worry, i didnot get offended... :)
but i will keep blogging, for all of us :) i enjoy it, and i enjoy all of you... :)
July 1, 2007 at 2:23 p.m.
yeah kinda got the hint you didnt wanna write a best seller, thas why I felt bold enough to write something that would be percieved as insult..:)hehehe
personally.. im proud that you have it in you but you cant bring yourself to write a best seller.. to write a best seller means writing something loads of people will wanna BUY for you to SELL.. and the consumer mentality usually doesnt really go with GOOD :)
was it really twised?? I have a habit of sounding conflicted :P.. but when you know I speak through the use of dialectics you wont be confused anymore..
I think youd be a great dialectician :)
salam sis
July 1, 2007 at 2:39 p.m.
Mani "personally.. im proud that you have it in you but you cant bring yourself to write a best seller.. to write a best seller means writing something loads of people will wanna BUY for you to SELL.. and the consumer mentality usually doesnt really go with GOOD :)"
thanks, that u actually did classify my words under "GOOD" but bro, this paragraph was a bit unnecessary, it would be if i wanted to write one, why i dont want to write one is cos i too wrote "i dont have what it takes" bema3na... see im honest... :)
"yeah kinda got the hint you didnt wanna write a best seller" see.. quoting u now..
so insult wasnot necessary, dont u think?
Salam to u too bro
July 1, 2007 at 2:49 p.m.
i never meant to insult you.. I said I`wrote something that WOULD be percieved as an insult' (if you didnt read deep).. I apologise once again for seeming abusive.. not really doing well here am I lol.
no matter.. if you think I can dechipher ur intentions from between your lines then hopefully you will extend my writing this curteousy too :) I trust your judgement.
but I deffo think you have what it takes.. im just more happier you are questioning the reasons holding you back from proving this ability to the world :)
salam sis
July 1, 2007 at 2:57 p.m.
MANIIIII lool 3alash we have this always, if u noticed there's always some sort of mis-communication between us! u see, i did read the "WOULD" but i thought u mean it as a pun in the sentence mentioned!!!! but "COULD" would've been better!!!
Thanks Mani, u did make my heart beat a bit faster! looool no im not in love with u... dont worry, lol...
i really should decipher ur msgs before i make any comment eh?!
July 1, 2007 at 3:04 p.m.
could is more passive than would. and you did fall into the trap of 'would' LOLOLOLOL....
is this what damoon was talking about when she said nerd? :).. you know. i still didnt ask her if i was included in the nerd club until she slyly mentioned it one day off topic :)
heheh.. work hard on dechipering my messages romana?? I thought u said i write in a simple way? :P
salam sis
July 1, 2007 at 3:21 p.m.
hahahah so NOW its a trap???? lol sa7eet!!! u could've easily become a martyr for education today Mani!!! u were sooo close!!loool
do u want to get a membership to the nerd's club??? lol
simple way,loool, yep, u're as simple as it gets Mani.. u do write simple 3ala fekra, its just im too consumed lookin else where than the direct msg... guess thats why.. simple as in direct..to the point... bs guess my brain is having an affair with crazy, lol, thats why imnot getting it 3ala 6ool! lol
July 1, 2007 at 3:31 p.m.
Traps are more intented to test u rather than trap you :).. like Allah swt making fitnah for people leyablowahom ayakforoon am yashkoroon.. soemthing like that :)
but naaah I dont wanna membership to the nerd club I dont like to be with nerds in exclusivness lololol.. im a free spirit (ive read that around on blogs a lot and like the sound of it.. not sure if i mean the same by it as others though .. as usual lol :P)
July 1, 2007 at 3:40 p.m.
well im Sure human traps are intended to trap you, not necessarily yours though.. u think at a higher level.
I hope we will be from il 9awm that "yashkoroon"
ya free spirit inta... "as usual" u wrote it best... so u know u cause chaos sometimes by the way u write dont u???
July 1, 2007 at 3:54 p.m.
ya sater ya rab shene hada el chaos? :).. I dunno bout anybody else but if i caused u chaos i seriously apologise it was involuntary on my part.. i just write :)
you know ive apologised to you in this post more han anyone else in my blogging career lolol.
July 1, 2007 at 4:08 p.m.
Mani, u take things TOO literally sometimes bro... LIGHTEN UP, chaos doesnot necessarily entail a negative connotation!
and forget the sorry's,lol, thanks for considering my feelings...bs chaos wasnt intended as something for u to apologize for, so withdraw the apology so u have some left for laters, ur balance is bankrupt man!
July 1, 2007 at 4:17 p.m.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHA
right then.. phew.. does that mean we have now evened out the misunderstandings?? i kinda had a feeling too it was positive chaos but how can one be sure?? id have to misunderstand it and apologise to be corrected and told it was rather a positive chaos LOLOLOL
:)
July 1, 2007 at 4:24 p.m.
looooooooooooooooooool o 7'alas..
we're even, loool... is it like that with everyone??? mis-understandings? lol
July 1, 2007 at 4:27 p.m.
no just with people i actually do understand :)
July 1, 2007 at 4:30 p.m.
nicest sentence of the day :)
July 1, 2007 at 4:57 p.m.
LOL@the comments turning into book material.
July 1, 2007 at 5:13 p.m.
Hey Ibee... hehehe true... Mani, can i use ur words please, or u're going to give me some "All rights are reserved, Mani Publications 2007"
July 1, 2007 at 5:39 p.m.
Well well well, I am not even going to try and read the Mani Vs Romana stuff as I will stick to the original post, So so so, I think freedom of speech/writing is a beautiful concept what is not not not practiced as we can’t really really really say what we want or write what we want as boundaries are there for a reason and and and regarding the prophet PBUH I disagree with you although the Muslims didn’t know how how how to concentrate and channel their rage in the right was as I doubt any chief editor will take it lightly next time one of his journalists try try try to do something like the, but as you don’t agree with me I will ask ask ask you a question which is “Why cant newspapers in the world criticise the holocaust? Why cant the truth come out? Why is their a law law law in Germany forbidding people to talk about it? Why why why was the French guy prosecuted when you just just just Questioned the extent of the holocaust “ so so so is their really really really any freedom of speech in the free world? Or …………………………………. I will let you come to your own conclusion as the above might not be my conclusion
Anyway, I would defiantly read your book and it will be the first book I read :) and being a best seller does not touch the integrity of your writing and that applies to other things as well :P
I love your finishing paragraph as people lives are in danger and we worry about words and letter
Fe Aman Allah
July 1, 2007 at 5:48 p.m.
ibeebarbie's ego is now rearing its ugly head - because Ahmed has vowed to read your book and make it his first read. Thought I was going to do that task, but realize now he didn't make it to the end. :-(
July 1, 2007 at 8:25 p.m.
Ahmed actually the editors didnt take it lightly they realeased it again its just this time the muslims didnt really care.. theyd already showed their rage.. You can ask Dr. Safia about that too :)
besides.. the muslims being provoked gave the excuse to every pea brained tom dick and harry to have a go at the prophet PBUH just cause it winds up some of his muslims at school..
free speech is an ideal if acheived would rock and shake the world as the voice of the common oppressed and impoverished peoples unites in the face of the tyranny that keeps them in their misery everyday.. but the rhetoric of free speech is a tool used by the strong.. "you are entitled to say as we tell you".. thats the game.
every smart ass writer knows not to piss off the Israeli Lobby AIPAC in the states..
not all free speech is freedom speech.. most free speech is only free of morals, ethics .. free of reality..
we dont do free speech..
this fake notion allows people become hypocrates.. double thinkers.. from the fear of people.. fear of the world around them.. political correctness they call it.. I call it verbal worship..
we do freedom speech..
do u know where freedom speech gets you??.. martydom.. thats where it gets you.. Look at Martin Luther.. Look at Kennedy.. Look at Ghandhi..
I dont know why I riled on in this rant.. I was just beggining to write my post about Libya.. I havent written anything for a month now... I guess Im in pain.. :)..
please excuse me..
Romana.. I dont think my words would be very significant you could do so much better yourself :).. you are of course welcome to them.. i think that international copyright and intellectual 'property' rights are the most evil injustice we humans have created in the 21st century.
Peace
July 2, 2007 at 8:50 a.m.
morning to all of you,
I loved the comments, i really loved them..
Dearest Ahmed, thank you so much for sharing your ideas,and i totally respect what you're trying to say... and btw, on the contrary to what u're saying, i dont disagree with every single word u typed... u see, i wrote my essay for all of you to see how i think,its my honest,edit-free ideas. There are so many things that we can take in to account, why Islam has a kick-ass reputation around the world just because some terrorists decided to sacrifice people in the name of islam, when we have Adolf Hitler's jenocide, the Hollocoast,we should CURSE all christians then if thats the case! ... but then again its not up to us no?So many horrible things happened in the world, why i compared the 2 events in my essay is cos those are the present events, i witnessed them, i saw them with my own eyes, i saw how muslims reacted and how christians reacted, based on that i wrote... i dont want to compare past events, because theres so many injustice,and so many other events as grave as the Hollocoast we can talk about... and we can never ever write enough...
that would be such a pleasure Ahmed, thank you so much for what you wrote " i would definetly read ur book"... :)
i just hope i didnt mis-represent myself... idont want u to think im giving my back to my religion or any of that sorts, my message was, everyone should be able to represent themselves, and themselves only Ahmed...cos see what happens when we're represented as whole???
but thank you thank you thank you for sharing...
Now Maniiiii, i honestly have to think about what you wrote... i dont want to just type now... cos u highlighted some very important points, "you are entitled to say as we tell you".. thats the game.
every smart ass writer knows not to piss off the Israeli Lobby AIPAC in the states..
not all free speech is freedom speech.. most free speech is only free of morals, ethics .. free of reality.." i seriously need to think about it...
Mani bro, i dont think i can do so much better, thats not where im at... "i think that international copyright and intellectual 'property' rights are the most evil injustice we humans have created in the 21st century."
Why Mani??? if not i would just copy/paste your words and call them mine... could u care to elaborate ur point of view???
July 2, 2007 at 9:29 a.m.
just to clarify one thing, I am sorry if i gave you the impression that i thought you turned your back on our religion :) as i have much more respect for you after reading this post :) and it shows how open minded you are and that you have widened your horizon and for that I respect you even more :)
BTW my favorite fruit is Roman :), and for that today will go and buy some Roman for lunch as here they sell it ready to eat yum :P
Keep the posts coming and always be true to yourself :)
Fe aman Allah
July 2, 2007 at 10:04 a.m.
Allah y7'aleek Ahmed... Nooo dont worry, i didnot get that impression from you, i just wanted to clarify myself even more..thats all :)
u love Romman? lol my parents do a lot...
but do u know why i called my self Romana???
Have a yummy lunch...
Thanks bro :)
July 2, 2007 at 11:22 a.m.
the comments are just as interesting as your post :o)
as I said before you do have a way with writing and I hope you continue to do so plus your English is excellent.
July 2, 2007 at 11:27 a.m.
Thanks Anglo Libyan,I keep telling you the same thing over and over again, but THANKS!
The fact that you are older than me, with a beautiful family,Allah yo7fohomlik, makes me always await ur comment like that of young girl to her much older brother...
July 2, 2007 at 11:37 a.m.
I am intrigued to know why you have called yourself "Romman" as i take it has nothing to do with Romman? or any resemblance :P
July 2, 2007 at 12:11 p.m.
hahaha, no bro, it has got nothing to do with Romman, :)
Romana, literally means "coming from Rome" i was born there, my dad's friend who lives there always calls me "romana kif 7alek ya romana".. and the rest is history.. lol