Walaw.

First things first. This post is about a message I just got in my inbox from someone named Maysa Elayoubi. Note that I do not know this person in any way and I have never had any correspondence with her. This is the literal content of the message:

“a*** fike w bl ordon taba3ek ,ele sene bl malakiye w kel kon akhra 3alam ,w 3nde chawfet balade lebnen bteswa kl l ordon w maleka.”

Rough translation: Screw you and screw Jordan. I have been in this country for a year and you are the crappiest people ever. I wouldn’t trade visiting Lebanon for all what your country and your king have to offer.

My first reaction was: walaw?! It has been some time since I last received hate mail and I must say this message was a refreshing comeback. It is entertaining to observe how some people think they can hide behind their monitors and slander others. Maysa here is obviously naive like that.

إنو ولو؟ أنا شو دخلني إزا الأردن مو عاجبتك يا روحي؟ لأ و مين ماسكك ما تروحي على لبنان أو أي مكان تاني؟ و بكل الأحوال, شو هالأدب و الأخلاق يا شقيقة؟

Hate mail makes me wonder, do the people who send it have healthy personalities? I think not. Because if they had balanced characters they would be more likely to take actual action, by getting organized and rallying for whatever case they are making, in productive ways. If anything, sending hate mail usually backfires and produces the opposite results by making its targets feel important and right. Needless to say, I have no fucking clue what case Maysa is trying to make in her message.

And I also suddenly feel important and right.

Random hate mail just like the message I am discussing here is the stupidest thing anyone can send to another person. I have several reasons for this opinion, and I will use Maysa Elayoubi’s logic as an example:

1- Maysa thinks she is complimenting Lebanon by dissing Jordan. In reality, she is a disgrace to her country.

2- Maysa thinks Lebanon and Jordan are at war with each other. In reality, she flunked her politics class.

3- Maysa thinks saying “screw you” would offend me. In reality, she has no idea how funny that sounds in Lebanese.

4- Maysa thinks she’s a bad ass patriotic girl. In reality, she is just a girl and therefore she does not have the genital equipment she used in her little meaningless profanity. The irony is killing me.

5- Maysa thinks it’s my fault she does not like Jordan and its people. In reality, it isn’t my fault.

6- Maysa thinks Jordanian borders are closed. In reality, she can move out any time she wants.

7- Maysa thinks I will not publish her email address. In reality, she is very mistaken.

So you see, for all of the above reasons I think Maysa is not particularly sharp. And I don’t think that now she feels very smart about the message she sent to me. Of course, Maysa Elayoubi could be just a handle, but handle or not it inspired this post and I am sure it will inspire many of you to have a private chat with her or to drop her a little email to tell her that we don’t think Lebanese people are proud of her behavior.

So without further ado, and for the sake of enlightening a sister about manners, I give you Maysa Elayoubi: mayssa_elayoubi@hotmail.com

Oh and, Maysa, don’t thank me for this lesson of cyber discipline. Walaw ya shaqeeqa?

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