Comments on: Syria http://larison.org/2007/09/07/syria/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: George Ajjan http://larison.org/2007/09/07/syria/#comment-7615 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:44:08 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/09/07/syria/#comment-7615 thanks for the link Daniel. I occassionally post snippets at syriapol to draw some traffic and attract Syrians to take the <a href="http://syria.ajjan.com/poll.htm" rel="nofollow">poll</a> that I set up, which aims to provide some information about their opinion trend (hard data being the neocons' allergen.) By the way, the site was orginally blocked by US sanctions, now I believe it is blocked by the Syrian government. I suppose it's that good!!! Anyway, I inherited the mentality of my great-grandparents who came to the US from Syria between 1913 and 1921, when "Syria" was a broad geographic region, not a modern constitutional republic. The "Syria" I came to know from the lessons of my grandparents included what are now Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine (see Matthew 4:24). The inhabitants of all of those places were broadly "Syrian", but sub-identified by region. Thus I don't consider someone from Jerusalem, Beirut, or Amman any less "Syrian" than myself, no matter what some lousy French and British mapmakers established as they washed their hands of the region. thanks for the link Daniel. I occassionally post snippets at syriapol to draw some traffic and attract Syrians to take the poll that I set up, which aims to provide some information about their opinion trend (hard data being the neocons’ allergen.) By the way, the site was orginally blocked by US sanctions, now I believe it is blocked by the Syrian government. I suppose it’s that good!!!

Anyway, I inherited the mentality of my great-grandparents who came to the US from Syria between 1913 and 1921, when “Syria” was a broad geographic region, not a modern constitutional republic. The “Syria” I came to know from the lessons of my grandparents included what are now Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine (see Matthew 4:24).

The inhabitants of all of those places were broadly “Syrian”, but sub-identified by region. Thus I don’t consider someone from Jerusalem, Beirut, or Amman any less “Syrian” than myself, no matter what some lousy French and British mapmakers established as they washed their hands of the region.

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