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By: The Broken Frame « Saudi Jeans

The Broken Frame « Saudi Jeans — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:09:32 +0000

[...] youth. But is this a good reason for you to go drive your car recklessly in public roads? I hate to repeat myself, but here it goes: Bored? Go read a book, rent a movie, go swimming, or even go wank yourself for [...]

By: Porkspam

Porkspam — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:45:23 +0000

Here in the USA we had a television show called “Jackass” which was basically people doing stupid things that hurt themselves. Such as drinking eggnog till vomiting, kicking each other in the balls, using taseres on each other, getting in shopping carts and getting run into the curb, etc. Stupidity is a worldwide problem, and unfortunately in this day and age people feel a need to be on either television or the internet. They feel like a “star” and whatever fleeting feeling of euphoria gained is worth the bodily harm done.

As George Carlin a comic once said “we used to have something called natural selection. The boy who eats too many marbles does not grow up to have kids of his own”

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:20:20 +0000

Ahmed,

All sorts of destructive behaviors persist among the youth in the United States, despite the fact that we have all sorts of entertainment available to them. Teenagers and young adults could be playing sports, reading books, listening to music, playing music with friends, or learning to make something with their hands. Instead, some of them are watching too much TV, abusing drugs and alcohol, or doing dangerous things like racing cars and drifting.

Teenagers and older people make the excuse: “there is nothing around here for kids to do”. That excuse is made everywhere: in rural areas, in suburbs, and in big cities. However, some or all of those activities I list above are available to all young people in the USA.

A young person could be doing something safe and worthwhile, and instead he (or she) is doing something dangerous and stupid. In the USA, we should stop trying to explain this behavior away by saying “there’s nothing else for them to do around here.”

I just discovered your blog today. I think you are doing excellent work.

Ken

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:04:07 +0000

Ahmed, it’s the same in the United States, a place where numerous outlets of entertainment are offered. I recently found out a guy I grew up with went racing down a street, ran off the road, hit and killed four people getting ice cream at the Dairy Queen and injured himself so badly that the authorities had to airlift him to the hospital. He’ll never be able to use his right arm again and the police are slapping him with manslaughter charges. He’ll be behind bars for a very long time. My 14 year old stepson is obsessed with drifting and racing. He recently commented that he wanted to move to Japan because they “drift” there. We had to explain to him that just because it’s in his video games and they show like action in movies, it doesn’t mean that it exists. We had to also explain to him that even if he does decide to race, he can easily kill himself, or worse, others. We asked him what he would do if he were driving at high speeds and a family of four pulled out in front of him because he was traveling too fast for the driver to see him. He would kill them. I hope and pray that the severity of racing and drifting sank in.

By: effendi

effendi — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:39:38 +0000

instead of all that occupy the time in which is good….be clear with yourself and you know that the most important thing is the religon..make your role model prophet mohammed peace be upon him…organize your time in taking islamic knowledge (the right way)…read about the great salaf and follow them

No thanks.

By: The_Bachelor

The_Bachelor — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:20:51 +0000

hello there
instead of putting excuses that people drift because they are bored and There are no cinema theaters……instead of all that occupy the time in which is good….be clear with yourself and you know that the most important thing is the religon..make your role model prophet mohammed peace be upon him…organize your time in taking islamic knowledge (the right way)…read about the great salaf and follow them……….Dont let bad things done by people such as (going to husainya) affect you….time is more precious then money
money comes and goes
time goes and never comes

Instead of running away and not facing the truth and killing time…….use it the right way

may ALLAH help us All and give us hidaya to follow everything good

By: No Name

No Name — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:29:02 +0000

They don’t just drive like that because they are bored.

They drive like that because they are bored to death, and many want to.

By: Saudi Bridget

Saudi Bridget — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:33:59 +0000

I think these people should be kept of the road. Have fun doing something useful not something harmful that puts others in danger.

By: The_Bachelor

The_Bachelor — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:28:43 +0000

Hey everone… how is it going
Ahmad wrote about drifting in saudi arabia
what about the crimes which happen in the usa and the country which sell hash ??

Why dont a person get benefit of his/her time
learn more and more about islam ( on the salaf way) read more and more about the greatest people such as abu bkr,omar,uthman,ali, and others

Ignorance and learning wrong false things = darkness

you may find a person who says things about wahabya but if you ask him what is wahabi he/she will give you a wrong answer

read for the sheikh mohammed ibn abdul wahab rahemaho ALLAH ( a book called tawheed )

im sorry if i took alot from your time

take care everyone

By: Don Cox

Don Cox — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:42:07 +0000

It sounds as though KSA needs some proper tracks for stunt racing, stock car racing, etc.where these exciting sports can be enjoyed without people getting killed. ….. And as mansur says, skate ramps, basketball courts, and all kinds of other sports outlets. How about hang-gliding? …..