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So the question that occurs is what triggers this negativity and hostility?!
As JAD already said, Lebanese people got used to aggressively. They feel insecure and lack patience also, in my opinion, due to the miserable political situation in the region that we're all suffering from. Moreover, people tend to impose or if I may say "prove" themselves by having that sense of belongingness. Therefore, they'll be defending the passion they belong to by being intolerant and sometimes uncivilized. They want to show how perfect they are in all means possible without letting others expressing themselves as well.
is it the near-perfection state that EM fans get to deduce from the music that makes some fans attack anything that sounds less perfect in their personal standards?
This is, I think, too theoretical. People who think or actually act like what Samer stated in his question, are immature and way far from reality. I’m not judging people here, I’m stating my point of view and I have lot of arguments to support my idea. In other words, people who can't hear any sound that is less perfect to their personal standards aren't being wise enough to know that music, just like life has its ups and downs! A producer can be satisfied with his production and find it quite beautiful but it could simply not be to the audience. It’s a matter of taste here that we all should be aware of. In addition to that, and as I previously said, it's a way to "prove" their point which is somehow a "show-off" style! People in general and Lebanese people in specific like to criticize. They can't but criticize! They just wait that "less-perfect" sound to their personal standards to criticize.
is it the fact of maybe being exposed to certain types of stimulants that might cause such negativity as a side effect of too much drug enducing?
Imitation is the right word in my opinion. Tiesto got his popularity in Lebanon because people imitated each other! To look more interesting, they just went with the flow (fashion!).
I may say most of Trance listeners do induce drugs and this definitely prone them to be more negative and aggressive! Again, it's all about imitation here, they follow a certain trend that later on becomes a fact for them, just like rumors!
or could it be simply the result of lack of intolerance and acceptance of others that manifests itself the most with EM lovers being the most open and expressive type of fans?
Exactly! Samer just used the right words: intolerance and acceptance.
Why not accepting others? Simply, because they don't have the courage to. How is it related? Since people usually don't accept others whether it's about different nationality, race, religion and even music it's because of the simple fact that they don't have the courage to see and to admit their own weaknesses!! Which is why they see themselves as "right" and others as "wrong", themselves as "superior" and others as "inferior", themselves as "smart" and others as "dull". That's how it is, it's a cultural thing in my opinion.[/align]
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ok enough for now
very interesting topic Samer!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:11 pm
politics have a big influence in lebanon. Even ppl like me who don't watch the news at 8 (<-- rob 
) are influenced (this is why i've been so stressed since the sad event of end of November). I also agree that it's a way of life. It's definitely a passion too for the true music lovers.
