It's عيد الفطر Eid al-Fitr, and Vleeptron wishes everyone Eid Mubarak, Blessed Eid
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Eid al-Fitr
عيد الفطر
عيد الفطر
... the Festival which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, is tomorrow -- in the West's Gregorian calendar, Friday 10 September 2010.
(The Islamic month Shawal begins now.)
During Ramadan, the gates of Hell were closed, so observant Muslims did not risk condemnation to Hell. The gates now re-open for the rest of the Islamic year.
During Ramadan, the Faithful fasted during the day, breaking their fast each evening at sundown. Eid marks a return to normal dining. (In Niagara-on-the-Lake, my taxi driver, from Turkey, kept moaning that he was starving -- but the sun was setting, and soon he'd be home eating the evening meal with his family.)
Vleeptron wishes all of us on Planet Earth the greetings of the season: Eid Mubarak, a Blessed Eid.
(Mubarak is akin to the Hebrew Baruch. The two Semitic languages are almost identical.)
In the West on this particular Eid, a fool -- just one of many Western fools -- tempts and goads us to turn Ramadan and Eid into an occasion of hatred, and damage to neighborhood and community.
In the West, in the East, in the South, in the North -- don't follow fools. Ignore fools.
Wish the greeting of the season to your neighbors.
That's how we celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Planet Vleeptron.
Labels: Eid al-Fitr Ramadan Shawal New Moonعيد الفطر Eid Mubarak
posted by Vleeptron Dude at 4:43 PM
3 Comments:
I would also like to whish everybody in the muslim world a happy end of Ramadan. I do this because of the categorical imperative and because I have respect for the fact that some people believe different things than I do. Just because I don't like wine doesn't mean that everybody else has to hate it too.
Vleeptron is home to jews, christians, muslims and atheists alike, works very well. Time to practice that on earth too ! Sounds naive, but if it works on Vleeptron it must work in the rest of the universe.
The basic problem with the Poor Foole you mentioned (the one who was NOT in Monty Python, but goes for the other loony who claims he is Arguing with Idiots too) is the media.
500 channels broadcasting 24/7 in constant need of Fodder For The Masses, no matter how dumb, undifferentiated or silly. Which has resulted in the fact that vox populi is unable to differenciate between Junk News and Real News. And this is not relevant news, if the Ed in charge gave this Poor Foole a plattform just for the ratings then we are in deep trouble and I must ask the UN to declare Critical Journalism as an Endangered Species.
(CH also just had a case of media overreaction too, as you quite well remember)
I will say this about Atheists ... they almost never kill anybody because God ordered them to.
I've been meaning to say something about CH's recent Tango with the Death Penalty. And I've been meaning to send a special bonus (pizza) to Agence-Vleeptron Presse's Mensch-on-the-Ground for covering this story.
When we firwt started e-chatting, I made a big noise about my Favorite Suisse Guy: Durrenmatt.
The Special Crime for which the politicians wanted to bring back the Death Penalty ...
Well, the very very creepy thing is ... did you ever read D's
Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman (The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel, 1958, novella)
I won't say anything about this strange coincidence (?) until you tell me you've read Das Versprechen.
I saw the original german movie from the 50s once and have a feeling that I know what you mean.
Oh apparently someone cut a deal with the Poor Foole. Wonder how long it will take the media to realize the damage they caused . Shock Vaule and Ratings aren't everything....
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