I don’t know what has gotten into Sami’s head, or whomever is managing his account, to tweet such a thing, but I am glad they deleted the tweet quickly. This is a football game and it has nothing to do with Hitler, genocides or world wars.
On the other hand, Carole Samaha (or whomever is managing her account) is convinced she’s tweeting in English or what she calls Lebanese English. I respect and admire Carole and I really find it weird that she doesn’t put an effort to tweet properly. Elissa and Najwa Karam have the same problem.
Thanks Rita, who’s a Brazilian fan by the way
Last but not least, here’s a horrific title that was shared on Arabia’s Facebook page.
Pierre Gemayel had the idea of the Kataeb after seeing the Nazi youth in the 1936 Olympics (I am not inventing this, it’s a documented fact which he himself said to Robert Fisk). So his grandson Samy is perpetuating the idea.
Pierre got inspired by the organizational skills and para-military parades of the Nazi youth not the ideology. I am pretty sure Samy didnt mean any of that. It’s just a bad tweet.
Tarek:
The idea of the Kataeb Party (or before that the Kataeb Organization) came from the Sokol sports movement in Czech republic which was founded in the mid 19th century as “an institution above politics” and Cheikh Pierre Gemayel brought this idea to Lebanon; but like the Sokol were later involved in politics, the Kataeb were also involved in politics especially during the French mandate and the independence movement in Beirut which were led by Cheikh Pierre himself.
Concerning Robert Fisk, I have lots of comments about his opinion and writings; so for the sake of credibility take the information from their source.
I advise you to check this video (in particular minutes 10 to minute 11:30) and hear the origin of the party from the mouth of its president.
As for the tweet, as Ralph said it was a “bad” joke maybe; but the interesting thing is that suddenly the Lebanese people lost its sense of humor; 3echna w chefna 🙂
http://www.kataeb.org/ar/video/details/393604/++++++ (this is the video)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol (Some information about Sokol)
Tarek u’re a great analyst, I don’t have the honor to reply to your comment.
As per Mr. Najib, I respect your blog and your opinion, bas “meshe el hal”!! it was meant as a joke why taking it so serious! Akid He meant a “football genocide”…
Ralph,
I know that it is a joke but you can’t throw a joke and mention “new genocides” as a politician, specially in regards to such a sensitive issue. If this comment was shared outside Lebanon, that person would have had to resign or face lawsuits.
And as mentioned previously, Tarek’s analysis is not accurate and does not relate to the tweet at all 🙂