Prologue: On reading this post written by Fadi, I started thinking about racist jokes, and how some don’t seem to understand why they can be offensive. Others insist they aren’t because someone from the race being ridiculed laughed at it, or repeated it. Others still will tell those offended they don’t have a sense of [...]

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Why is this the best time of the year ? Is it because it’s Eid-al-adha ? Well, the official definition says we’re to celebrate Eid Al-Adha because Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son to affirm the strength of his faith in God. Some of the Muslim, Jews, and Christians I know are willing to [...]

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Have you ever needed to express yourself, but couldn’t find the right word ?
Did you then try to find it, but fail miserably?
What then ?
Did you give up ?
What if you could invent new words ?
Why am I whatifing ? (what + if + ing)
Aren’t we already creating words ? (Blog + Sphere [...]

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In random order

Original (O1-O31):

Are they capable of uttering these 3 phrases: “I’m sorry”, “I made a mistake”,”I don’t know”.
How do they treat: the waiter, the garbage man, the cashier, the maid, the doorman.
Are they a good listener ? How do they react to opposing opinions ? Do they raise their voice?
How do they handle themselves [...]

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As you may or may not be aware, I am not very fond of children. However I dwelled on this post by Hamede. He was feeling guilty because he swore at his mother’s father when she hit him as a child more than 37 years ago which prompted his mother to cry. I don’t [...]

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