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I agree with Beli
I've been biting my tongue about this very topic.
I've been biting my tongue about this very topic.
beli said:Jamila, I don't believe it's appropriate to be building yourself up by belittling other U2 fans.
You may perceive you received an "inordinate" amount of Bonos time. Others may perceive you as pushing in the way of other fans. Others again may perceive Bonos/Bonos bodyguards request to take a photo of you as taking a photo for the stalker file. Who knows? Only Bono (and his bodyguard.)
What I would like to say is that I personally find your observations of your meeting Bono to be patronising and rude to other U2 fans.
All U2 fans are equal. Every last one of them. There is no hierarchy.
The fan who does charity work is not more important than any other fan.
The fan who has many albums is not more important than any other fan.
The fan who has been to many concerts is not more important than any other fan.
The fan who believes in the Christian God is not more important than any other fan.
peace
Jamila said:May I just ask why when the article by "Party Girl" from Chicago ran as an article here, no one else had this reaction?
That was a very self-centered article too.
I'm not putting that article down - she had the right to have it posted on the front page of Interference but what makes that article any different than this one? Nothing I can see.
Jamila said:May I just ask why when the article by "Party Girl" from Chicago ran as an article here, no one else had this reaction?
That was a very self-centered article too.
I'm not putting that article down - she had the right to have it posted on the front page of Interference but what makes that article any different than this one? Nothing I can see.
Blair, you brought me up in your original post about that incident without my knowledge so I thought it was acceptable for me to bring you back up now.
I think you're a wonderful person and HARBOR NO ONE ANY ILL NOW.
Life will give us all what we deserve no matter what others say.
Please live in LOVE AND PEACE....
Jamila said:
Blair, you brought me up in your original post about that incident without my knowledge so I thought it was acceptable for me to bring you back up now.
Jamila said:
That was a very self-centered article too.
Axver said:Jamila, you are hysterical. Considering the absolutely repulsive arrogance and superiority in your article - and in your general posting on the forum - you're in utterly no position to be accusing anyone else of self-centredness, and certainly not someone as genuinely lucky as Stories For Boys.
Please stop wearing masks. All of us can see through your fake humility, cheesy catchphrases, and excessive smileys.
Jamila said:First. the most self-centered thing to do is to judge another's motivations and character.
Jamila said:
"Introspect" columns have traditionally been columns of introspection or of someone's personal view on a matter, so an "Introspect" column would have to do with the way someone perceives an event.
Jamila said:
The most insightful thing about this assault which started yesterday on me is. at the same time that people had nothing better to do than to bash me (a very negative thing to do)
I was hundreds of miles away at a Peace Conference in Dallas facilitating a workshop for educators on Children in Poverty worldwide and on ways to instill in our children a better Social Conscience! (a very POSITIVE thing to do)
So, while you are judging me, I am trying to do something good in our world!
HOW IRONIC AND INSIGHTFUL IS THAT?
Jamila said:
Continue to flame me and you only continue to flame yourself on a Higher Level (check the Bible).
Jamila said:
And flaming people when they are simply trying to do things out of Love and Peace is a good way to not get the recognition you desire in life.
Jamila said:
Now that the flames have been tossed my way and some of you have had a good laugh at my expense, why don't you leave this alone and go out and DO SOMETHING POSITIVE in the world?
It will make you feel happier inside and less inclined to tear down another.
Colours4U2 said:guess we do like misery. im sorry people have to be so rough on you, to make their point clear. its just the way it is.
Colours4U2 said:Why have people assaulted jamila in the past? because of her stories? or the way she belittles other u2 fans? is there a biased view on her?Thats the way I see it. And by the way- I didnt see any attitude or arrogance in her story at all. it what you people read into it with your biased views. I havent gotten the time to know her at all but she doesnt seem belittling at all not in this post any way or in her story.
Colours4U2 said:No but its simple=If you dont like a persons story you dont have to berate it or say you dont like it in a nice way. i saw one person post that she didnt like it and then all others jumped in and berated her. thats what I saw. And Im not being biased. But really- I came in here to read a Bono story and I got a person hacked to pieces for it. Yikes.