What about the rule of law?
An update on the assault on the head of
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posted by Khalaf @ 6:32 PM
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What's up in Jordan?
Musings of a cynical optimist
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
About Me
- Name: Khalaf
- Location: Somewhere, Jordan
Young enough to think he can make a difference
Old enough to know that he should probably know better.
Rich enough to afford the time
Poor enough to feel the need to get involved.
Optimistic enough to feel that killing a mosquito will make a difference
Realistic enough to know that it won't
He writes this blog to say what many people are thinking and saying, but don't bother to write down.
Maybe people think that much of it is so obvious, that it wouldn't add much to document.
I hope that it will help to understand what many people in Jordan feel inside, in case anybody cares.
Links
- Abu Aardvark
- Al Bab
- Abu Shreek
- Bakkouz
- Batir Wardam
- Black Iris
- Google News
- Issam
- Jameed
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- Jordanian Issues
- Lina
- Mohanned
- My occupation
- Natasha
- Roba
- Scatterload
- Tallouza
Previous Posts
- Mixing the unmixable
- Cleaning up the mess
- Who needs culture?
- Solutions for an "effective" media
- A new public meetings law
- Jordan and the collapse of the “moderation axis”
- Something else to start denying
- A tough crowd
- Dude, who sold my country?
- Enough
8 Comments:
Just read that he will exchange positions with Rimawi!
He would be better off going back to his lab, but that's another story.
This is how problems are handled in Jordan in 2008. Just like they were handled in 1808, and most probably just like they will be handled in 2208.
Probably because it works out well, when it is not practical any more, people will stop.
It had solved many problems in the past.
First, this is not a problem between Tafilis and 'Adawn; it is a problem caused by thugs who beleive (rightfully) that turning their thuggery into a tribal issue will absolve them of their responsibility. Second, not punishing criminals does not solve the proble, it simply papers it over. Third, this system is practical when there is no state, police or courts. If we truly think that these are irrelevent, then we should abolish them.
ewell, if it gets to that point with our jordainian heads :D :D without anyone else died.... it will be heaven!!!!
I like "it is a problem caused by thugs who beleive (rightfully) that turning their thuggery into a tribal issue will absolve them of their responsibility." The sad part is that they truly believe that they are fully entitled to do whatever they please; and that they are truly above the law. And in many cases they do succeed in being above the law by simply intimidating the very system that should keep them in check.
Just to add:
Sadly, it seems that some people misinterpret, unless they lack the basic knowledge of, the role of the tribal role in societies. I don't know if they heard even about the "Parallel Arbitrage" to sort out conflicts between individuals, huge corporates, state institutions and even NGO's without acknowledging the courts and the legal bodies. A committee of "private" judges meet couple times in order to get the conflict resolved.
"Jaha" and "atwa" serve the same direction, fortunately. However, this does not cancel the role of police, governors or courts but SUPPORTS them all. One last addition, even police and these bodies ASK people to conduct "atwa" or, alternatively, police does this itself with having the so-called "atwa amneyyeh", means "atwa" for security purposes by police.
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