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After having lived abroad for 18 years , in societies where people used to mind their own business, rather than entertain themselves with mean, reputation damaging rumors and silly gossips, I was amazed to find out upon my arrival to Beirut, and shortly after settling in my country, how, we, the Lebanese community, are at so much ease to fabricate wicked stories and spread unchecked tales, hence rumors. I also noticed an absurd yet funny fact: since no one likes to be perceived as a "gossiper", we often relay false news or unchecked stories under the banner of “sharing"; and as such, the 'rumor spreader' always feels the need to remind the listener, while revealing the sensational and personal facts collected about someone, that he/she are only 'sharing' these stories with friends, and mean no harm nor do they intend to damage anyone's reputation. They're only 'sharing' what he/she had 'heard.
So, I've decided that under this same "sharing" banner, I will remain talkative and intend to keep on revealing my thoughts on various issues--one of which will be the subject of today's post: On Rumors-- in relation to the action scene that took place a few months ago at the Maison Blanche night club. Indeed, the shooting incident that involved two reputed young Lebanese-- Antoun Sehnaoui, CEO of SGBL and a well known businessman with Mazen El Zein, an entrepreneur who owns several well known night venues in town-- is still fresh news till date, surfacing again with the court case implicating OTV,--Michel Aoun's official tube that works as the channel for the Tayyar party to make noise and shoot their propaganda--, and Sehnaoui accusing the latter of defamation. It didn't take OTV and the tayyar people to relaunch a war of words on Antoun Sehanoui.
As a matter of fact, I firmly believe the incident's aftermath managed to highlight paramount grotesque characteristics relative to us, Lebanese people, as it brought forth the serious defects encrusted within our society.
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