What’s the difference anyway

Lebanon has been going through ups and downs, cycles of joys and woes, repeated phases of history. It waddles along both victorious and defeated. How do its people feel about this? Are they aware of the issues at hand? Do they have an opinion or a preference? Absolutely. Are they hopeful? Unlikely. The result is a numbing state of indifference. This article is based on information gleaned from informal interviews with Lebanese citizens – although the word ‘citizen’ does take on an ironic twist, assuming, as it does, a sense of ownership, stake-holding and awareness of their rights and duties vis-à-vis their country. Of course, citizenship also implies the presence of a functional state. The aim was to see if today’s Lebanese are politically indifferent. If so, why and what does it mean? What is indifference? The dictionary definitions of indifference include: privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; a state