Low Morals … or No Morals!!
What is the connection between the events that took place in Egypt on the first day of Eid and the uncovered meat vs. cats’ theory? What makes hundreds of men (although I can’t and won’t describe them as men, but that’s how they are classified anatomically and genetically) turn into a herd of bulls in heat? What makes them unite under a shameful action and charge forward without any consideration to religion, morals, culture or tradition?
Oppression? Frustration? Revenge? Proving a point or just simple ignorance?
What happened to the oriental Arab values that they kept pushing down our throats? The Arab man is jealous by nature and would feel bad for the women of his country of they were treated badly or unjustly, the Arab man is always keen on protecting the women of his country even if they were not his flesh and blood, the Arab man demands that the women of his country dress modestly and cover up because that’s what religion and tradition say they should do and because they want to protect them from the wolves in the streets waiting to rape them if they showed an arm or a leg like uncovered meat calling for strayed cats to attack and rip it apart, … etc.
The Arab man this and the Arab man that … bull shit!
These guys really gave us some great examples!! From the mufti who blurted out the infamous theory of uncovered meat vs. cats, to any of those guys who committed assault against those poor women in down town Cairo a few days ago; they are no different in my opinion because they both considered women to be pieces of meat that were created to satisfy their hunger … shame on them!
What is the message that we are supposed to be getting from all of this? That women’s place is home and if she goes out, she will be violated in the worst possible way? That we have become monstrous creatures driven by their animalistic urges? What can we understand from this ugliness? They have managed to prove one point though; it is that there is no connection between violating and raping a woman and her dress code; they did not differentiate between covered or not, Muslim or not, Egyptian or not, they were hungry angry bulls in heat and fighting over the few females that were cursed to be there at the time.
What we have, is a morals crisis; we suffer from poor raising standards, no proper guidance or references, no close monitoring from the parents, illiteracy, ignorance and denial.
I have to say that I am happy that I live in Jordan; when I read about those incidents, I could not help but imagine how things will be if something like this happened here; regardless of how and where I imagine this to happen, I always came to the same conclusion; in Jordan, if something of this nature was to start, people will not wait for the police to react and interfere; they would take matters in their own hands and not only by isolating the girls and trying to protect them, but doomed is the guy or guys who attempt such a shameful irresponsible act, because they will not live enough to talk about it.
To all women in Egypt; we feel for you and support you; the ordeal you had to go through and deal with is something that we cannot easily comprehend or absorb; I cannot claim that I know how you feel because I don’t know what I would have done if I were in your place; may God bless you and the few good men who are standing up for you and the rest of us!
Posted on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Under: Arabs, Around the World, Craziness, Men, Middle East, Rants, Women | 42 Comments »