Comments on: Al Muwaten Al Kharoof: Shut Up

By: Hani Obaid

Hani Obaid — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:28:06 +0000

Another per minute charge on cel phone use would really suck. I mean isn’t it bad enough that we have a per minute charge on land lines. Most other countries pay a fixed minimal fee for local land line calls that gives them unlimited access, but then again many countries also have unlimited internet, and we have to put up with draconian bandwidth caps :(

By: Tololy’s Box » Blog Archive » فلس الأعلاف في الإعلام الأردني

Tololy’s Box » Blog Archive » فلس الأعلاف في الإعلام الأردني — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:51:33 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:59:49 +0000

Indeed, the citizens have been brought up to be sheep. For too many years, the people have been led to believe that they are helpless in such situations. The system has left the people without a voice, and the government would have us believe that is still the case.

But the times are changing and the people not only have a voice, but they also have the ability to become powerful. But if the people finally rise up and extend themselves, they need to be carefult to do so only for the good of the country and its citizenry.

This is where the government has fallen short. All of the imposed taxes and systems are not for the good of the people or the betterment of the country, but instead to line the pockets of the handful of corrupt officials in charge. Meanwhile the people starve and are bled dry. But you can only starve and bleed a man so much. Eventually those who are becoming fat and rich are going to pay a heavy price for their greed.

By: I know he is a devout Muslim and all but..

I know he is a devout Muslim and all but.. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:41:23 +0000

Make the world a better place, get Qwaider laid, then punch him in the face

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:35:32 +0000

sk8erboi; it’s not about taxing mobile’s talk! It’s about EVERYTHING; Tololy’s absolutely right, they claim that the citizen has a role to play to help in this inflation, and what is that?! Giving up his luxury which is basically everything except bread. And the idea itself of taxing mobile’s talk is really ridiculous and disgusting, there must be a thousand reasonable way other than that to get the money they need!

It’s simply a “sucking people’s blood” act and HEY people you don’t have the right even to feel the pain… you only should watch, relax and enjoy.

By: wonders

wonders — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:41:15 +0000

I don’t know what to say… this is very depressing! All we can do is sit back and watch the poor get poorer and the rich get filthier, soon enough the middle class will no longer exist..

y3ny o la 2emta???

By: sk8erboi

sk8erboi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:15:52 +0000

I know that there are people in Jordan who can’t afford to stay warm or eat, that’s a given, no one saying there are not, and I’m not trying to defend the government, I’m not an economist and I can’t judge their economical startegy.

And regarding my last line, I was only making a joke about the "you will not be able to even afford complaining on the phone about gas and food prices" bit, so don’t take it too seriously!

By: Devil's Mind

Devil's Mind — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:31:48 +0000

Well, humans are animals, you know… Maybe we can get some proyection from that project!

By: Tololy

Tololy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:13:03 +0000

Sk8erboi, I don’t think most Jordanians are leading the luxury life you seem to hint at in your comment. A lot of people don’t have enough money to stay warm, and they don’t have enough money to buy the majority of government-called "luxury" foods (which are basically everything except bread)., and they can hardly afford transportation costs which are also increasing due to inflation. So I do have a problem with the government, this time and every time aided by the parliament, enforcing new taxes! We can hardly breathe as it is!

Ya3ni kolo zift o oskoto. 7atta 7aki 3al telephone sar ‘3ali! kaman shwai they will tax the air we breathe and put the money in an environmental fund.

Oh and regarding the last line in your comment, I do need to save so I guess I’ll throw my cellphone in the sea and stop SMSing people, I don’t even like making phone calls and I can barely manage!

By: Qwaider قويدر

Qwaider قويدر — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:46:17 +0000

This is a disaster waiting to happen, just sit back and watch it unfold. The Jordanian society is about to tumble upon itself any minute now…