يا قوم لا تتكلموا إن الكلام محرم - O my people, do not speak; speaking is forbidden!

My friend just posted this on my facebook, and if you read the comments following the article, you will find the epic post number 29.

يا قوم لا تتكلموا إن الكلام محرم ُ
ناموا ولا تستيقظوا ما فاز إلا النّوّم ُ
وتأخروا عن كل ما يقضي بأن تتقدموا
ودعوا التفهم جانبا فالخير ألا تفهموا
وتثبتوا فى جهلكم فالشر أن تتعلموا
أما السياسة فاتركوا أبدا وإلا تندموا
إن السياسة سرها لو تعلمون مطلسم ُ
وإذا افضتم في المباح من الحديث فجمجموا
من شاء منكم أن يعيش اليوم وهو مكرم ُ
فليمس لا سمع له ولا بصر لديه ولا فم ُ
لا يستحق كرامة إلا الأصم الأبكم ُ
ودعوا السعادة إنما هي في الحياة توهم ُ
فالعيش وهو منعم كالعيش وهو مذمم ُ
وإذا ُظلمتم فاضحكوا طربا ولا تتظلموا
وإذا ُأهنتم فاشكروا وإذا لُطمتم فابسموا

I will even bother translate the first few lines for the foreign readers: 

"O my people, do not speak; speech is forbidden!

Sleep and do not awake; only the sleepers win!

Be restarted at every thing you must develop at, 

And leave understanding out; it is better you do not understand!"

To be honest, what that person wrote or did not write doesn't concern me; what concerns me though is that Jordan does not own the internet, or do they? I understand this person must have done something very ugly, but since when is it civil to lock people up for their opinions, even the worst opinions? It is vital the Jordanian people understand what would drive any person to mock King Abdullah? A few years ago, when the Kind went to Hajj, or Omra, I cannot recall, with a number of other rulers and monarchs, I was young, thus a little thoughtless, and mocked them while my Father was watching TV, and upon that he slapped me. That was disgusting of my Father. We have to learn to talk to our children openly about these matters, and teach them to be civil toward politics, instead of either afraid or hateful toward them. We also have to tell them not to be afraid to speak up, but speak up in sense and meaning instead of the way this young man chose to t arrange his words.

But again, seriously: Jordan doesn't own the internet.