Racism ” shut the frog up” tale
It has been very common that people in our beloved country , take an extra pride of where they come from , rather than who they are, this kind of pride is very attached with the personality raised in our us as children , you will find parents say ” don’t be like them!!!” and find other parents say ” Look at him , be like them!!!” so its always joining a tribe to belong , whether that tribe hold the same last name or not.
Now as I lived in Amman , I found out that Racists do have things in common , they usually look good , ( being proud needs to be justified ) , and they usually love a bigger figure “The Prince ” who will come one day and give them a Kiss or a hand shake , or a scolding anything would do for them, such racists always have their eyes half closed (pride) , nose up almost all the time looking very proud with their, look powerful and scary ” but they are not” very fragile , always on their four on a leaf somewhere in the stinky water they have been living in, their actions have nothing to do with their looks , they always get you by surprise as they put their tong out to catch that fly, they build most of their personality on that superior Frogy feeling .
Who knows maybe the frog is as proud as they are, and maybe the frog will be kissed by the prince in the tale out of sympathy , but the frog will always stay a frog and the prince will always stay a prince, and you will always be surprised who the prince in the equation might be, for some frogs he/she is the CEO of the company or his wife, for others a wise man bullshit talking round the year doing nothing, for others a Parliament member, and the list goes on, even some Muslim scholars can be identified here as ” The Prince” , but always keep in mind the prince will always be a prince and the frog will keep on frogging until kissed , the frog will then know ” the frog will stay a frog , even after the prince’s kiss”. .
So that being said let me give you the Jordanian Tale called
” Shut the Frog up!!!”
“Once upon a time , in the middle eastern desert of sahara , where only the camels can walk on the silky sand and only Arabs can ride the way through the stars of bears , where to? to the land of rivers and water , a land that once was called heaven of Al Sham , was ruled by a just King who loved his people and lived his life trying to put food on the table , so charismatic people started dreaming meeting him just to tell him how much they love him and to let him in on a few secrets of the underworld , his son was a handsome young prince who was very bright and also loved by his people, but on the other side of the kingdom , were ugly beasts trying to overtake the Kingdom , they were so ugly people can recognize them whenever they see them, they entered into the Kingdom with huge mind laundering skim to shake the citizen’s trust in the King and his Son, they have succeeded to enter , but through only convincing little creatures called frogs , these creatures lived where the people go to drink and have a good time around the lakes and rivers, they where everywhere , they used their consistent frogging system broadcasting their thoughts inside the Kingdom , trying to divide the people of this wonderful Kingdom that has always been known with its unity, it started by praising the King and His son, adapting to what the people love, then they started to getting richer and gathering people around them even though they were frogs, but some weak hearted people thought ” Kiss the frog from his mouth until you get your share from the money” , what the people didn’t know that the frog was promised by the ugly creatures on the other side of the kingdom , that when they conquer the Kingdom , they will make the Charming prince Kiss them and turn them back into Humans .
Poor frogs believed that they were one day humans , and believed the creatures wanted to take over , and poor the people who are around them they will always stay poor.” The tale has stopped here.
Never has it occurred to us that Frogs will always stay frogs , don’t be fooled by that Golden shining star on their chests , or that golden ring , they are frogs and they are still telling us who is better than who , they are not uniting us , they are dividing us and we all know that dividing the people into parties is always bad, we are one country , and we are all Jordanians , no one is better than the other , we are either Good Citizens or we are Frogs followers.
The Jews are Uniting the world through their intelligent recruiting with a slogan ” unite the world” and they are using their Kabala Teachings for Uniting people around them and dividing us, they are doing worldwide congresses in the Untied States just for that purpose , let us not put our unity at stake here , we all are sitting ducks for them, never think you are superior , nor you are less than others , we are all equal and actions not origin differs people.
So whenever a frog speaks PLEASE ” Shut the Frog up”
September 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Where on earth did you come up with that story Omar!? It is interesting, I’ll give you that … One question though: who is supposed to be the Frog and who is supposed to be The Prince in this story? And if you manage to identify one or the other as such, what does that make you? No offence intended, I now that your heart is in the right place, but please do take a moment to examine what you wrote and explain to me how did you manage to segregate people into two unequal groups one Prince like and the other a Frog like! Does this not indicate a lack of clarity on your part, does this not make you a part of the problem?
I believe if you are trying to advocate against division, you would take a step back, wait, and examine in order to better address the issue with more of “where is the root of the problem?” rather than the “YOU FROG!” attitude.
This, of course, does not indicate in any way that I am for the madness that is taking over some parts of the society, however, I do not agree with the manner in which this “story” tackles the issue. I always say we should always try not to be a part of the problem, to say the least, if we cannot be a part of the solution.
There are real problems that need to be seriously addressed and the way to address them is surly not through dehumanizing and demeaning one party in favor for the other.
P.S. I like your blog, good luck
September 30th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Where on earth did you come up with that story Omar!? It is interesting, I’ll give you that … One question though: who is supposed to be the Frog and who is supposed to be The Prince in this story? And if you manage to identify one or the other as such, what does that make you? No offence intended, I now that your heart is in the right place, but please do take a moment to examine what you wrote and explain to me how did you manage to segregate people into two unequal groups one Prince like and the other a Frog like! Does this not indicate a lack of clarity on your part, does this not make you a part of the problem?
I believe if you are trying to advocate against division, you would take a step back, wait, and examine in order to better address the issue with more of “where is the root of the problem?” rather than the “YOU FROG!” attitude.
This, of course, does not indicate in any way that I am for the madness that is taking over some parts of the society, however, I do not agree with the manner in which this “story” tackles the issue. I always say we should always try not to be a part of the problem, to say the least, if we cannot be a part of the solution.
There are real problems that need to be seriously addressed and the way to address them is surly not through dehumanizing and demeaning one party in favor for the other.
P.S. I like your blog, good luck
October 1st, 2009 at 10:49 am
I would like to start from your comment down up,
Thank you for liking my blog…
The problem is when you get into the division and Racism issue you really can not tell which part of the story are you? this is where the questioning comes to the readers mind. So it was clear , followers of the beasts were the Frogs and there was the people listening to the frogs , and on the other hand was the King and his prince . You wanna know who I am , i was kissed by a prince one day it made no difference in my life .
Being against the madness is something we usually write or say to avoid being attacked eye to eye or ( 3aini 3ainak) , but are we really humble in our approach as Jordanian Citizens , do we really talk between our friends and family the way we write or talk publicly I wouldn’t call it Hippocracy, I will look at the Glass half full there is still Good in us inner voice kind of GOodness that calls us back to sanity.
I am not advocating about aything , what I am trying to say here is for everybody to start knowing on which part of the equation are we , including myself , I will not point fingers. Just a thought for others to think about it , not to tell me that you are the Frog , or You are the Prince. Again the title is clear regarding this issue I wanted it to be ” Shut the F*** up ” tale but i thought playing with words would eye catch the audience …
Next time you comment on my blog don’t start by saying Omar , or I would have called it with my name
Enjoy the rest of the blog
November 20th, 2009 at 1:05 am
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