The C.A.N.A.B.A Party

The C.A.N.A.B.A (Can't Avoid Nagging Aggravating & Bitching Always) party has gotten the best of me. I really do not understand what they want and how they wish the rest of us to act to make them at ease and peace. They seem to be everywhere with their non ending cynicism and skepticism. We all have them among our circles and friends; they are the ones who have the following resolutions and that want to push their beliefs up our throats:

1. This is not a revolution this is an uprising:

The basis of the assumption is that the whole population did not go to the street. Well my educated CANABA addict can you cite a revolution in history where the whole population went to the street? I can cite NONE: the French didn't all go to the street in their history changing revolution neither did the Americans in the revolution you so glorify nor the did the eastern Europeans in their recent ones. Revolutions are usually started by an uprising that ends up overthrowing a regime. This is what happened in Egypt since January and this is what is still going on; so for God's sake keep your wisdom to yourselves.

2. This country will never emerge with so much ignorance around:

That has me dumbfounded; cause it was the regime that we overthrew that was responsible for the ignorance and lack of education. So I reckon it is a good step we did what we did on the way to educating the people and lessening the ignorance and its effects? NOT to the CANABA people it isn't; they prefer to continue making the statement and when you ask them how or what they propose they do not have an answer except repeating their statement again

3. The revolution just handed the country to the Islamists:

Really? Ok if we assume you are right does this mean the revolution should not have happened? Are you accepting what you have come to know in terms of atrocities and corruption of the late regime? No of course not they are not accepting (or so they claim) but the Islamists are the big bad wolf now (CANABAists always need a big bad wolf of a kind)

4. Why are you going to Tahrir again?

Well you (CANABAists) indicated that the revolution was being stolen by the Islamists so we thought you had a good point there and decided to go to Tahrir again to show that there are other forces to be reckoned with and taken into consideration. A message of force was made so that no one political faction over values its power or abuses it. That's good; right? We were trying to address your fears (CANABAists) and ours too

5. Tahrir hampers productivity and harms the economy

But we go on Friday's? And do you really expect the economy to be alive and kicking that quickly? I thought you claim you are pragmatic; how can you therefore imagine a country in revolution regaining its economical forte so quickly?

6. The revolution took away the security and brought in the thugs

No!!!! The security was as corrupt as the regime and was the card played against us and therefore it is taking more time to reinstate. The thugs as it turns out to be were an integral part of the regime that went down; we just didn't realize it. And yes it is a problem we need to cater for in the days to come

To address further worries thrown at the rest of us by the CANABAists:

a. No one is against SCAF as they are the only pillar currently capable to steer the country. We just try to send them messages of what people want (not all people since we are humanly divided in our requests). And you know what is actually quite healthy is that they seem to listen and address the requests given that by default they are not revolutionaries (and they should never be or then it would be a coup!!!)

b. Tahrir is not in anyway an addiction but rather an action plan to get the revolution on track whenever it is swayed from its original route

c. We are in a transitional period that will take some time even beyond the elections until things are as they should be; not back to normal because we have been living the abnormal

To their credit most of them acknowledge we had a very corrupt regime; we needed the "revolution" and that what happened in Tahrir was amazing and totally unexpected by the people they so look down to (and that's were they draw the line on acknowledgements)

I write this to ask the CANABAists to really get a life and try to act instead of continually criticizing and flooding us with their unqualified cyncism.
Kindly stop telling us "and you will see!!!" or if you do then please educate us and tell us:

1. What will we see?
2. What can we do so that we don't see what you are warning us of?
3. What are you doing about what you are so scared "we will see"?

A final suggestion to the CANABA Party is to take a deep breath and may be consider being more proactive and translate your love to the country by taking action (unless you are busy preparing your exit plan). If you still choose not to then may be you can find it in your hearts to let us (the naive ones) be on our way to LaLa land as you call it. Just please spare us your relentless negativity (or may be go to Tahrir and get a taste of its liberating energy); or simply prolong your rejoicing when we score (cause you do rejoice despite trying to hide and disguise it!!!)

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.  ~Oscar Wilde




By the way I am not in anyway addressing those with normal legitimate and substantiated fears of the unknown and what the future holds. I have a lot of those fears myself and we all are going through this period of uncertainty with this package; some choose though to fight these scary thoughts rather than succumb to them.

Please share with all the CANABAists you know!!!

*sorry had to write this post in English since CANABA Party official language is sphisticated American!!!