did you call me huuno?!! LoooL.

^Ibts, wiilka claims to love us. Love is unconditional. He'll get through it. I'm not sure why there is a need to go easy on the kid's reasoning. He says the woman did it out of love for us. Please. One he doesn't know that. Two, It's an argument that is often used to perpetuate and hide behind ego, gain and evil. I don't care or know why she did it(love, ego, gain) but why dump the love burden on us? And expect us to be grateful as a result. Castro, shall we send him a belt buckle saying hero in Somali for choosing to be here and participating in this thread? Go ahead. I'm sure you'll find a Texan cowboy willing to create a bespoke leather belt.

hello, Catro. S, you still love me though, donchya? Go on be the better person. LoL.

Good God, I'm talking to a kid? Got it. You made points did you, S? Other than love made her do it? Really, LOL. Musta missed them, like I missed what she she did to be a hero. And what the Somalis did to deserve such random love. Canadian thing perhaps. They don't get a lot of world attention. If the attention won't come to them, they go to the attention. Anyway, funny that you want rationality when you talk of love . YOU have no answer other than romanticising what journalists do. LOVE may be her truth but you don't know that. There are other explanations. Be damned if I'd give anyone a pressie for going somewhere war torn and getting kidnapped. Don't they make TV shows about that? World's worst thieves! World's worst reporters! If you bungled it, you can't have been good at what you were doing but we THINK you had good intentions, love even, awww, bless, here a naff necklace that says We're suckers in an ethnic language. Ridiculous. I'm looking for facts. What did she DO to deserve this? You're saying let's assume it was all for love. Journalism 101?! :confused: All I'm saying is not everyone has a halo hovering over them. I see no point in labelling her kidnap or career choice heroic. And even less reason for the Somalis taking it upon themselves to shower her with...love. Still everyone's getting some nauseating PR put of it.

Originally posted by chocolate & honey: I have to agree with Sherban on this one. A hero by definition is someone who did something courageous. And this Linda lady had to be courageous to go to Somalia of all places. Heck, I wouldnt go! The Somali Canadians felt bad for her and probably threw a party for her as they love throwing parties(welcome, good-bye, divorce party, engagement party,separation party, back-together party, friends party, you name it, they celebrate it!) in Canada. The dahab was probably from some Somali woman's old collection. So I fail to see the big deal. the dahab said Hero in Somali. Not the sort of thing an aunty has in the back of the dahab drawer. LoL. We shouldn't have to feel bad for every d*ckhead that blows something up or kidnaps someone.

dude if you are such a journalist you need to see the world some more and hit the history books. Cadaan people carry out some nasty acts under the guise of philantropy, love, faith and what-not. Be offended by fact if you so wish. Non-whites in some parts of the world take a lot of cr*p from cadaan people. That too is fact. I'll be offended by that. There we're even. Moving on. You seem so emotional about this you fail to recognise I was criticising the Somalis. Did she actually do any reporting? Or did she get nabbed before that? If they'd given her a necklace saying survivor or patient or resilient I'd have had no issue. Hero, though? For what? I don't see a war journalist as a hero any more than I do a soldier. All doctors aren't in the profession because they love to heal humanity. There are other perks. And pitfalls. They all know what they're getting themselves into. Suck it up or get another day job. LOL at the use of the word scoop. In one breath she's meant to be highlighting what few others have the balls to, in another she's not after a fresh story. What the. If she wasn't there for an exclusive and there were others already doing a good job, why would she have gone? I disagree, war journalists or whatever they are called definitely have better street cred and eventual kudos than the Britney reporters. She could be after the thrill and glory too. It's not everyone's cup of tea. There's a certain type of adrenaline junkie this sort of reporting appeals to. Love really is pushing it too far. I don't see her saying she does it for love. Why put that on her? Why put that on the Somalis? They don't need love from a journalist; that's not what journalists do best. They need accurate reporting. No need to single Somalia out as some place she was compelled to love. She was in Iraq too. I bet you if some sh*t went down in Bhutan, she'd have been there too. Sorry I'm not buying the I heart Somalia love story. You made it up. Journalists! Really.

LoooL. Someone tell his wife it works!

^LOL a journalist are you? Why is she a hero? What did she do? LOL @ LOVE. For real.

^she was there for a reason and knew the risks. I don't have a problem with hre or what she did. I can't bare the look on the face of the woman handing her the necklace. Says it all.

Originally posted by Ashkiro: This is not an ordinary case and hence why it is receiving extra attention perhaps? I think some of the above comments are emotional and ignorant. You say that the gold could feed a family for two months, no offense but I am positive you spend your earnings on far more trivial matters which could feed families in Somalia as well, as we all are guilty of. And to say these Somalis don’t care for their own is an assumption, just because they are paying attention to this extraordinary case of this women does not translate to them not caring for their own. You neither know their hearts or their actions in helping their people. Allah Alone Knows her intention the young woman in question and it depends on ones definition of a hero, however what we have is a foreigner, a young Canadian woman who was very touched by the situation in Somalia that she embarked on a dangerous journey to put the spotlight on this crisis, for the world to witness it. She paid dearly as the reports state and through her ordeal is still compassionate, connected, touched, pained by the plight of the Somali people. That is a remarkable individual in my eyes and I am happy to see the Somali community honored her. InshaAllah her pain will be healed, and that of the nation this young woman from the looks of things cares very much about. She was looking for a scoop. Journalists can't resist such things. Does it maker her a hero? I think not. Kidnap comes with the territory. You can't go into a lion's cage and complain of its haliotosis and sharp teeth being a total drag. She has no buisiness being bitter; she knows this and behaves accordingly. But the Somalis? Iyaga maxaa haya? Is PR a new toy they've discovered? She has said little since Xmas. Her book will be out soon enough. She'll make some money and publicity out of the ordeal and the Somalis will only have spent some while looking like muppets. Please does being white and claiming to give an ish(while doing your job) mean you get lavished with gifts? Cr*p, I was born into the wrong race. Were I white I'd have had a pity party thrown for me: when I gave food to a beggar in SE Asia and she threw it back in my face. Chanel sunglasses please to hide the almost black eye. Ignore the fact I was there of my own volition and chose to give. when I gave my friends the correct answers to a school test and wrote in incorrect ones myself. Therapy please for that one. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I heard they also had Mariah in the background: and then a hero comes along, with the strength to carry dahab. Gimme an H, gimme an E, gimme an R, gimme an O(uucc).

Let he who has not sinned throw the first stone. Guess they can't find anyone that fits the bill anymore. LoL.

I missed the part where she did something that warranted the hero necklace. Musta missed it or these people are what Ibts would call apologists. I didn't miss the part where she describes another woman as heroic. Somebody help me out here. Cadan iyoo heeso come to mind. :rolleyes:

*bump* there was some snow this morning but Spring is coming in a few weeks. Anyone seeing anything nice in the shops? Think this is gorgeous; even better long all over: Saw the film(An Education) yesterday. Very good; go see it.

feri feri funny and jaarmin. No wonder she kept it from us! Hmph. Happy shopping, M.

must be 'Are you pregnant?' day. Ibts, I know, my memory is improving though, the fog is lifting. I can remember all my siblings' names. It's the drugs. Xaax. So what was the hunk like? Careful you don't accidently send him a text regarding the upcoming wedding in the middle of the night.'What are you wearing?'. LooL.

^LooL, walaahey you have the best mishaps. I still remember the middle-aged American woman who turned out to be a hunk. Haha. Priceless.

LoooL Ibts. Are these people's names close together in the contact list? Your phone sounds like a nightmare.

lol Juxa, how does the boss know of the numbers without knowing whom it is? Weird. Office gossip. Wouldn't you feel weird if your hunger levels went up? I hate spending so much time on eating. LoL.

^ do you live in a mansion?

^second time this week someone has asked me that. Malika, I was thinking more like poop kaka.

xayawaan. He fooled the Yemeni women. Is that all he gets? Isn't this adultery? They're saving themselves full embarassment by accepting his ignorance plea. Uff. Don't get me started on the cult man. The gullible and the certifiable always congregate. Imagine the progeny. Scary.

*Kaka from down under*. LoooooL. Thanks for that. I feel twelve now. LooL. Um, wink, wink? I had lost my appetite for weeks, barely felt hungry and since taking the pills, I even dream of food. My energy levels are going back up though- feels good.

morning ladies is hunger a side effect of takin iron tablets? I can't stop eating. Had a croissant, still felt empty and ate the little Pret baguette I was saving for later. :eek:

^excuse me? Mate, pretending to be pregnant inorder to trap Ibts is too 1997 Dutch immigrant. Step it up. And leave me out of it.