tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post3169895322392664849..comments2024-03-25T17:48:53.875-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: I do love me some V-dayAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-76376593983385836992010-02-17T15:31:36.838-05:002010-02-17T15:31:36.838-05:00No kidding, Catherine. I know you--everything you ...No kidding, Catherine. I know you--everything you do is so obviously motivated by political innuendo. :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-35158454372842960692010-02-17T14:58:01.996-05:002010-02-17T14:58:01.996-05:00Ummm . . . Yeah . . . I like Valentines Day. I m...Ummm . . . Yeah . . . I like Valentines Day. I made heart-shaped pink pancakes for my kids that day. I think I unknowingly made some huge political statement by doing that. Ooooh. I love being edgy and all political for breakfast.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588907097967982456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-80170309052769232072010-02-16T14:33:27.869-05:002010-02-16T14:33:27.869-05:00Hooray for Jihad Watch trolls wandering around the...Hooray for Jihad Watch trolls wandering around the internets to spout their anonymous opinions. <br /><br />And define words that have already been defined in the post.<br /><br />Classy.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-5305937455699242422010-02-16T14:24:24.634-05:002010-02-16T14:24:24.634-05:00Wow. I can't even tell if you agree or disagre...Wow. I can't even tell if you agree or disagree with what I'm saying...or what exactly you're trying to say.<br /><br />Let me sum up my post: some people like Valentine's Day here and some people really don't.<br /><br />I imagine it's a lot like how some people are okay with having an Eid postal stamp in America while others are quite opposed to it.<br /><br />But what do I know? I only read into propaganda.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-86379717836856983812010-02-16T14:07:01.577-05:002010-02-16T14:07:01.577-05:00Please just go to the Jihad Watch website for the ...Please just go to the Jihad Watch website for the Egyptian clerical damnation (and threats) about Valentines being un-Islamic. Valentines Day is decried in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt (yes), Indonesia, Malaysia (a very serious business there), and especially in Saudi Arabia where it is ILLEGAL and roses are a black market item. This is the place where a businesswoman was sentenced to 800 lashes for having coffee with a male colleague in the Riyadh airport. Because so many Muslim women are fighting for the right not to wear hijab and not to be under the control of fathers, brothers, uncles and imams -- and where both sexes are trying to get the right to actually date and know a person before they are FORCED to marry inside strict tribal demands that use them as financial tools rather than seeing them as people -- I think it's incumbent on all of us to be as informed as possible about what their situation really is, and to stop relying on propaganda press to paint a rosy picture of what life is like for the last people on earth to be denied rights-based constitutions that break their status as pawns of tribes and religions. Muslim Women, I note, are not allowed to marry outside the religion. Think about that. Most of them have mates chosen by fathers. Most may be legally married off for a brideprice (paid to the father) by the time they are 10. In Taliban Pakistan, the age of majority for a girl -- the age of FORCED veiling -- is 7.<br /><br />The surge toward the celebration of Valentine's Day in Islamic countries -- which is repressed everywhere -- is the impetus toward some ability to express sexual and social interest that is not under the control of parents, tribe and religion. That is why there are imamic fatawa (plural of fatwa) against Valentine's Day in every Muslim-majority culture, the aggregate of which now numbers 57.<br /><br />P.S. A "meme" is a social or biological or psychological construct that frames, controls or inhibits genetic, social or psychological expression.<br /><br />P.S.S. As Winston Churchill said, the hardest thing to learn to do is to read the opinions of people that you will NEVER agree with to look for the kernel of truth they possess that you do not. You will not like Jihad Watch and other sites like it. Neither will I. But given the fact that the mainstream media will not publish at least 90% of what is going on, it's good to seek reliable external sources like JW, which at least will report it (with liberal conservative commentary!) and to regularly read the Jakarta Post, the Pakistan Times, Ashwaq Alawsat (London), the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune so you can see what real MODERATE Muslims have to say about their situation. Right now, my guess is, you are mostly reading propaganda, and that's a shame, because you seem like an intelligent, thinking person who wants to be fair. You won't be fair, though, until you get a lot more information than you have right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-2683136131850505952010-02-15T01:39:26.254-05:002010-02-15T01:39:26.254-05:00Cute Valentines! I love the owl one. Too cute. :)
...Cute Valentines! I love the owl one. Too cute. :)<br /><br />I'm glad Rachel knows what Valentine's Day is all about. She's too cute too.MOMsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302754110600227455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-16632541908993976842010-02-14T03:12:31.418-05:002010-02-14T03:12:31.418-05:00@ Geneen -- I don't think it counts as promisc...@ Geneen -- I don't think it counts as promiscuity if you are married. Also, Happy Anniversary! <br /><br />@ Bridget -- We often call Miriam Maym, too. It's like the Meme alternative. :) For the longest time we couldn't tell what Rachel was saying because it sounded so much like "mean." <br /><br />"Is that baby mean?"<br /><br />Thus, the pronunciation Meme was promoted. Maym is definitely a close second. :)<br /><br />I love your nickname Meme...and I also like Mimi, but that's more short for Amelia. Anyways...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-29784841376469889642010-02-13T22:54:27.619-05:002010-02-13T22:54:27.619-05:00Cute nickname and so close to ours (I don't kn...Cute nickname and so close to ours (I don't know if you remember Meme, pronounced "May may"). These days it sometimes gets shortened to be pronounced "maym." Anyway, just some ideas in case you want to tweak Meme. I like it.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-51535338906992323182010-02-13T21:40:59.245-05:002010-02-13T21:40:59.245-05:00Meme is a cute nickname. Seems like one that may ...Meme is a cute nickname. Seems like one that may stick for many years to come. <br /><br />I also think Valentine's is commercial. My parents would get me and my brother little gifts, maybe an outfit (especially during the growing years), but I'm not too fond of overpaying for flowers and buying a huge heart shaped box of chocolates. I loved the Valentine giving and receiving in school, but I hated it in junior high and high school as I was not given "roses" or whatever. Again, I am totally with you on the whole Valentine's commercial thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-59666799542529834932010-02-13T20:31:00.068-05:002010-02-13T20:31:00.068-05:00i only "buy" into the holiday because it...i only "buy" into the holiday because it's my anniversary, otherwise i'd treat it like a normal day as well. but i think anniversaries count as a reason to be promiscuous, don't you think?Geneenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988987624395532647noreply@blogger.com