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ktspktsp · 07-24-2006, 05:46 PM

dlishsguy,

Thank you for asking about my family. They're still in Lebanon (I don't think they'll be leaving anytime soon). They're still in safe areas and I can still call them everyday (I can't reach them on their cell phones but the landlines still work) so I'm grateful for that.

Did your wife make it to Syria? I hope she's safe now.

Seaver:

The general content of your post is correct, but I thought I'd rectify some incorrect details:

The census was in 1932.
The parliament is now evenly divided between Christians and Muslims, and generally so is the Gov't. The ratio of Christians to Muslims in the parliament used to be 6 to 5, but it was changed to 1-1 after the war.
Druze make up more than 2% of the population (5 maybe?).
Both Christians (Maronite and others) and Sunni Muslims tend to be more politically opposed to Hezbollah, which is a Shia militia.

And yeah, the war just ended one day. General amnesty for everybody. The warlords of yesterday are the political leaders of today :P.

07-24-2006, 05:46 PM	#221 (permalink)
ktspktsp Addict Location: Reykjavik, Iceland	dlishsguy, Thank you for asking about my family. They're still in Lebanon (I don't think they'll be leaving anytime soon). They're still in safe areas and I can still call them everyday (I can't reach them on their cell phones but the landlines still work) so I'm grateful for that. Did your wife make it to Syria? I hope she's safe now. Seaver: The general content of your post is correct, but I thought I'd rectify some incorrect details: The census was in 1932. The parliament is now evenly divided between Christians and Muslims, and generally so is the Gov't. The ratio of Christians to Muslims in the parliament used to be 6 to 5, but it was changed to 1-1 after the war. Druze make up more than 2% of the population (5 maybe?). Both Christians (Maronite and others) and Sunni Muslims tend to be more politically opposed to Hezbollah, which is a Shia militia. And yeah, the war just ended one day. General amnesty for everybody. The warlords of yesterday are the political leaders of today :P. Last edited by ktspktsp; 07-24-2006 at 06:04 PM..