http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/10/23/using-violence-against-people/ Using violence against people Just as I am writing this article, news is coming in that security men have used smoke bombs and stun grenades to quell the crowds of protesters. That is using excessive force against those participating in the protest. Security personnel, especially high ranking officers, who ordered the use of such force, are also our brothers. At the end of the day, we are all citizens of the same country. >From the beginning to the end, the problem is not security men, but our >politicians who have brought the country to a stage of showdown and violence. For those who do not read history, and unfortunately in Kuwait no one reads it at all, he who uses violence against one’s own people is the lowest of the lowly. Violence never builds countries but it sure can destroy a country. People keep all their negative energies pent up inside them until they reach a certain threshold, and then things can explode. Does the government want to push Kuwait and its people to such a point? Does it want to make an entire generation carry the burden of hatred against those who hit the people, insulted them and arrested them, all in the course of a single day? You have lived all your life and left behind for us the worst policies, plans and laws from Arab bananas republics. As a result, Kuwait is today marred with all round corruption, and we have plunged to nadir on all human development indicators. In fact, we now beat even those we considered banana republics in the matter of raging corruption in society. Today, you want to solve everything by applying sheer force against the people, even though this solution has been found to be completely ineffective in all Arab banana republics? Indeed, you did not read history, and if you did, you certainly did not understand it. A female candidate for NA council, who wants to build Kuwait and make it a pearl of the Gulf, was shown a picture of the traffic jam at the Kuwait’ border with Saudi Arabia, and asked to comment. She said that it showed that all those who participated in the demonstration were either Saudis or had dual nationality. “You smart lady, don’t you know that there are long vacations in schools and some organizations of Saudi Arabia, as happens every year. But I am sure you don’t know, because you are so smart.” By the way, the traffic jam along the emirates border was the longest, and the Saudi cars had queued up for several kilometers, waiting for more than five hours to enter emirates. Don’t tell us that they were all on their way to join the demonstrations there at The Dubai Mall. You really are very smart, aren’t you?—Alaam Al Yaum By Musharie Al Adwani [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
