tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post4778392767182288051..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: Dying for an EducationSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-52230408290986584802012-09-30T22:31:48.885-06:002012-09-30T22:31:48.885-06:00Watch it Silver. This post doesn't fit in with...Watch it Silver. This post doesn't fit in with the whole "hateful, sexist, conservative" narrative. Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939367013876552898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-61780385929344502212012-09-30T22:27:09.410-06:002012-09-30T22:27:09.410-06:00Her village is a six-hour drive and three-hour hik...Her village is a six-hour drive and three-hour hike across a border that swallows lives.<br /><br />She is 28, perhaps 29, or even 30. No one, not even she, knows for sure.<br /><br />She rises before sunrise and prays. She fetches water from the stream. She cooks, cleans, does laundry. She cares for her children<br /><br />At the age of 13 she would have gone into purdah, the secluded existence followed by many Islamic women once they reach puberty. <br /><br />In the street she wears a plum-colored burka, which walls her off from the world and from the eyes of any man other than her husband. "It is a beautiful thing to wear, not a curse," she says. <br /><br />She can write her name, but cannot read.<br /><br />She harbors the hope of education for her children. "I want my daughters to have skills," she said. "I wanted to finish school but could not. I was sorry when I had to leave." <br /><br />It is possibly too late for her 13-year-old daughter as well, the two younger daughters still have a chance. <br /><br />http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text<br /><br />Alien culture, alien mindset, alien world.<br /><br />You can not force western values onto them, any more than you would be willing to heve their values forced on you.<br /><br />You can't really compare Europe and the Marshall plan to the mid-east.<br /><br />Quite a curious predicament.<br /><br /><br />Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-75763818168581583442012-09-30T15:49:51.516-06:002012-09-30T15:49:51.516-06:00"May God grant us the SERENITY to accept the ...<i><b>"May God grant us the SERENITY to accept the things we cannot change, the COURAGE to change what we can, and the WISDOM to know the difference."</b></i><br /><br />Those wise words along with The Golden Rule and that famous passage about motes and beams in the eyes, are about ALL we need to live as competently, decently and happily as may be possible in this Vale of Tears.<br /><br /><b>Leftists-Liberals-Progressives-Laborites-Marxists- Communists-Socialists- Activists-D'Rats -- whatever you want to call them -- are well know for doing everything possible to mind OTHER people's business while they <i>[usually with great sloth!]</i> neglect their own.</b><br /><br />Every one of these characters I've ever known -- with one or two of those exceptions that prove the rule -- is so busy "Saving the World," "Afflicting the Comfortable," and "Fighting for Someone ELSE's Invented 'Rights,'" they never have time to play with or read to their children, make the beds, sweep the floors, prepare proper meals, cut the grass, or do the dishes. Many of them don't even bother to bathe and groom themselves. <br /><br /><b>Leftists are the ACCUSATORY CLASS -- the SCOLDERS, the WHINERS, the DISRUPTERS, the DESTROYERS.</b><br /><br />The Left always has and always will have the fervent ambition to be a Pain in YOUR Ass.<br /><br />IGNORE them and they will eventually die. They thrive on OUR distress and become gleeful at the signs of rising panic THEY engender in OUR breasts.<br /><br />So what can we do?<br /><br />IGNORE THEM.<br /><br /><br />And for Heavens sake get the hell OUT of the Middle East. Let it implode. Let it explode and let the devil take the hindmost.<br /><br /><b>If we truly want to save ourselves, we must STOP MINDING <i>OTHER PEOPLE'S</i> BUSINESS.</b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-57360410446949952882012-09-30T15:06:21.452-06:002012-09-30T15:06:21.452-06:00Well at least we've pretty much seen that beam...Well at least we've pretty much seen that <i>beamish</i> isn't a <i>Farmer John</i> pseudonym but you never know.<br /><br />I'm struck by a couple things.<br /><br />1. The rush to make this a religious issue. Being a leftist I'm going to see these things more often in economic terms and history tells us that if you are a landlocked nation you better have real rich neighbors as Switzerland does otherwise education is just going to be one of your many problems. <br />Is the education issue uniform in the Muslim world (no) or is it more severe in Afghanistan?<br /><br />2: There have been statements of concern about what girls would learn in these schools and the example of Mona Eltahaway the Egyptian women who got into it with one of Pam <i>Psycho</i> Geller's<br />signs. Now in the discussion of that sign it isn't mentioned that Geller calls all Muslims barbarians. <br />The women suffered broken bones during interrogation by Mubarak so maybe we can say she deserves a voice in this as well as Geller.<br />The subway incident played out exactly as intended and it was effective speech.<br />Hell, mustang can't even tolerate a leftist blogger on the new batshit crazy geeeeeez site.<br /><br /><br />So what's the answer to Silverfiddle's question which I believe was asked in good faith with a concern for what's happened to those young girls?<br />I would say that we are wasting our time if cultural development is our intent (and we know damn well it isn't)? <br />Let Afghanistan profit from its mineral wealth?<br />We all know that won't happen.<br /><br />Wage war with a large segment of the country?<br />That's a typical American solution and it has a consistent habit of failing.<br /><br />Maybe we do just cut and start listening to people like James Heckman who have a good idea why our absolute fixation on test scores is guaranteed to fail in poor neighborhoods.<br /><br />Stop believing all the crap we are being fed constantly and pay attention to who profits from this bullshit.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-86492017949154430702012-09-30T14:20:21.314-06:002012-09-30T14:20:21.314-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-86598574886115737932012-09-30T14:17:12.316-06:002012-09-30T14:17:12.316-06:00I will delete every comment in this thread from th...I will delete every comment in this thread from the next off-topic commenter.<br /><br />I invite those with personal grudges to take their pissing contests elsewhere.<br /><br />Doing it here is being rude to me and the others who are having an adult conversation.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-4293452765140370172012-09-30T14:09:24.119-06:002012-09-30T14:09:24.119-06:00FJ,
And people wonder why you strap crash test du...FJ,<br /><br />And people wonder why you strap crash test dummies to yourself?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-40824916094945645102012-09-30T13:58:18.824-06:002012-09-30T13:58:18.824-06:00@Ducky << the point is that NOBODY has been ...@Ducky << the point is that NOBODY has been able to solve the problem. >><br /><br />I agree. <br /><br />KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-84176753101633474372012-09-30T13:32:39.139-06:002012-09-30T13:32:39.139-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-56458832361809365522012-09-30T13:19:03.056-06:002012-09-30T13:19:03.056-06:00I never was good at polishing an apple.I never was good at polishing an apple.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-89945900597299209422012-09-30T13:14:43.120-06:002012-09-30T13:14:43.120-06:00FJ,
No, she just goes into moderation when "...FJ,<br /><br />No, she just goes into moderation when "conservative" comments deviate much from backslapping and praising her Wendy Williams monologues.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-66595413956983411102012-09-30T13:12:01.695-06:002012-09-30T13:12:01.695-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-54398769321466817102012-09-30T13:11:49.520-06:002012-09-30T13:11:49.520-06:00Teresa,
Machiavelli was writing satire. A healthy...Teresa,<br /><br />Machiavelli was writing satire. A healthy outlet when the Medici's held the power of the Catholic torture chamber of which he was intimately familiar with (on the receiving end).(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-43387766321476436712012-09-30T13:10:03.097-06:002012-09-30T13:10:03.097-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-62030249405118286182012-09-30T13:06:10.915-06:002012-09-30T13:06:10.915-06:00FJ,
Who? Shaw or Z?FJ, <br /><br />Who? Shaw or Z?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-5827211038443363032012-09-30T12:54:34.672-06:002012-09-30T12:54:34.672-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-72249047545689048522012-09-30T12:38:13.769-06:002012-09-30T12:38:13.769-06:00Hey now Jack I thought we turned over a new leaf a...Hey now Jack I thought we turned over a new leaf and yet you bring up the past. I haven't called you any names like that since my post, http://teresamerica.blogspot.com/2012/07/do-machiavellianism-and-moral.html<br /><br />Remember? Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-39313904822663893882012-09-30T12:37:10.021-06:002012-09-30T12:37:10.021-06:00FJ,
I've never visited Shaw's blog. Soun...FJ, <br /><br />I've never visited Shaw's blog. Sounds like she's got you rather butthurt.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-25994181213064698512012-09-30T12:34:22.320-06:002012-09-30T12:34:22.320-06:00Teresa,
So I'm "leftist," and being...Teresa,<br /><br />So I'm "leftist," and being "conservative" is supporting a candidate that legalized gay marriage, put judges and prosecutors against parents trying to stop their 12 year old girls from getting abortions, stop the deportation of an illegal immigrant so she could keep her government union teaching job, and socialized health care?<br /><br />I guess I should have bitched when your progressive leftists hijacked the word "liberal." Wasn't that enough? Now you commies want to be "conservative" too?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-61615471865357824822012-09-30T12:28:37.318-06:002012-09-30T12:28:37.318-06:00Teresa,
"Jack Camwell is a selfish, immoral ...Teresa,<br /><br />"Jack Camwell is a selfish, immoral fascist."<br /><br />Need I remind you that the market on being disrespectful is not cornered by liberals?<br /><br />Anyway, aren't we getting off topic here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-53266829878998133322012-09-30T12:24:20.798-06:002012-09-30T12:24:20.798-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-11720854405452937152012-09-30T12:11:59.012-06:002012-09-30T12:11:59.012-06:00Beamish,
Stop talking trash and Z won't delet...Beamish,<br /><br />Stop talking trash and Z won't delete your comments. I know... I know... Being respectful is a challenge for Leftists that you fail at miserably most of the time. Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-80797309589850362422012-09-30T12:07:09.846-06:002012-09-30T12:07:09.846-06:00FJ,
I've long abandoned the left-wing practi...FJ, <br /><br />I've long abandoned the left-wing practice of pretending to be more than one commenter.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41128128176421854822012-09-30T12:04:13.439-06:002012-09-30T12:04:13.439-06:00Ducky! Conservatives are intelligent enough to rea...<i>Ducky! Conservatives are intelligent enough to realize that indoctrination isn't "creative thought"... And we WILL keep railing for open minds and our kids learning ALL sides of every subject.</i><br /><br />From your keyboard to the One True God's eyes, Z.<br /><br />Aren't your the latest left-wing blogger that deletes conservative posters on sight?(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-1583603485988810402012-09-30T12:01:43.087-06:002012-09-30T12:01:43.087-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com