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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:11 PM Original message |
The Taliban scares me in a pretty primal way |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm always afraid that the Fundies here will realize how much they have in common with |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Ironic that fundies of any persuasion have so much in common. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see that happen in the future |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Won't happen |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That's what I keep telling myself. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. According to Michelle Goldberg, they already do. She asserts that they can overlook their hatred |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. And I am saddened that they don't see it... |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Case in point: |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. When Baptists start killing women for wearing pants call me |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
106. "The Handmaid's Tale" was written after Margaret Atwood visited Afghanistan |
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Mr. Hyde (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
107. The fundies over here mostly want to exterminate the fundies over there. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
125. I'm always HOPEFUL that the fundies here will realize..... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. You and me both. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I have to say it 1 million times FUCK RELIGION |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Can't agree there. There's a huge difference between |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Ahhh but the normal everyday relgious folks fund the zealots |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. You know better than that. Many of us do not subscribe to |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Does your church do any missionary work? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. It depends on your definition of 'good work.' |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. I don't follow - how can faith, which is "Beleif without evidence" be reason? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
94. Faith is 'rational' because it is endowed with a cause and/or |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. no there is not.... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Then I'm one delusional mf. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. everyone is delusional to a degree |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
109. Nail? Meet hammer. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #45 |
124. I sincerely hope you can get some help with that.... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Did you vote for our insane president? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
122. a bit beside the point, but no.... |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
118. I am an atheist but I find this type of thinking and speech utterly counter-productive and childish |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. then we'll simply have to agree to disagree.... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. i can agree. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. yep |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. You've said it that many times just that I've seen. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
102. Honestly, I think we should discuss this |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
83. +1...nt |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. dont worry, your tax money pays for their Viagra. and has paid for their guns |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. whatever. I'm not happy about the role that the U.S. has played |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. saudi arabia seems to play the same game |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. All religious leaders who declare war on women make me uneasy |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. see my post above. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yet, that arranged marriage between a grown man and an 8 year old girl is perfectly acceptable. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Really? Says who? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Bribed or not, just the fact that the laws allow that marriage to stand is shocking. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I'm not catching your point |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
97. I think that you do get my point, but that you have a point of your own that you would like to make. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. Well, it's all about the patriarchy. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
119. I am not following the logic here |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Eliminationists scare me in a pretty primal way. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. historically and culturally, the eliminationists here |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. I agree. Eliminators are NOT protected by law here. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
98. Or as Salman Rushdie would say, "purists" |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's really all about the woman not having sex with them |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. If you're trying to flee to IRAN to escape religious oppression... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Could this be propaganda intended to create those feelings and promote why we must continue our war? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Actually, news like this fuels my determination to get us out of that region. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. no. it could not be. And I'm against the war. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. So, what's your solution? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. uh, why should I be expected to have a solution? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Banging out meaningless diatribe on a keyboard. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. yes, yes. it's so culturally insensitive to criticize the Taliban |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I think you're confusing criticizing with sniveling. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. I think you're an apologist for any heinous oppression and torture of women |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
88. I think I've hit a nerve. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
80. Pot, kettle. Nuance only matters if it fuels YOUR aganda, have I got that right? nt |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's what the reight wants to do to this country. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. your fear of the Taliban can be managed if you simply don't go to Afghanistan |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. it's what the Taliban represents. I doubt there are many women |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. the women? |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. They only reason they want the UN to leave is that's what |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Ah, so you'd rather tell the women what to think than the Taliban. |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I'd rather see them make a choice free of threats. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
104. so would you be happier if your daughter was killed in an airstrike than beheaded by Taliban? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. I'sd rather hear what they say free of intimidation on either side. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Certainly. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. yes, because they have such freedom and anonymity |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. Is there a media boogeyman that doesn't scare you in a primal way? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. hanse sweetie, do stop pulling lying crap out of your ... puckered orifice |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Hit a nerve, did I? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Not to the Afghan women who are beaten and killed |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well, to the soccer fans trampled mercilessly. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Well, I'm not cali, but that "comparison" is both stupid and deeply offensive |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. They're comparable in that they're no threat to us, and have no reason to fear them. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. It is typical how the fake progressives project their failings onto others |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. And the Afgan women couldn't have any touch of Stockholmn Syndrome either? |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. That's a good point. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. only a stone cold misogynist would say that. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. Yes, that's the point of my satirical jest, |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Just read in the Bajaur region of Pakistan: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. and some misogynistic pigs |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
114. Lay off the acid |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
116. Not hysterical. Simply imprisoned by their circumstances. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. first of all, hansy, I don't think you have the right to speak for the women |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Neither do you. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I didn't. You did. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Women CAN'T "speak for themselves" in Afghanistan |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. well, not to nitpick, but I think you mean women under the Taliban n/t |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
117. Ummm... they can't. They'd be beaten. Most can't read, so how can they speak meaningfully. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. no, you would be mistaken about that. I just |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Here, here. I agree. Radial fundamentalism in this respect is frightening and |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Nah. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. well, in the sense that mysogynistic bigots |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Do they? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. bwahahaha. FAIL |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Hence, the use of the term "very nearly." |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. oh for pity's sake, those people aren't |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. And the taliban is not a threat to you. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I though I made that clear: What the Taliban represents |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Unless you live in Afghanistan or Pakistan |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. Religion doesn't scare me, but it does boggle my mind. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
90. But don't you feel sorry for the Taliban? |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
95. As long as you don't have to live with them they shouldn't scare you at all. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. not my point. they don't threaten me. the frighten me because of |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Well help me out then. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. the fundamentalist mindset is threatening to me. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Thanks. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. Agreed completely.eom |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. She said "primal" fear. Try to imagine it in the reverse. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:09 AM Response to Reply #120 |
131. Thank you as well. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
96. I see your point and I feel it too, cali. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
105. Fuck the Taliban and their 14th century anti-human fake religion. |
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Mr. Hyde (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. an enlightened voice of reason amidst the din . |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
110. Why this focus on the Taliban? Part of the two minutes hate for the day? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. 'In the US, 23 women are killed by husbands or boyfriends EVERY WEEK' |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:19 AM Response to Reply #110 |
126. Another male weighing in. This has become quite interesting |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
111. airstrike by NATO forces early Monday in Afghanistan killed six civilians, including two children |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
113. I am surprised at how much flaming there is over such a reasonable OP |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #113 |
127. The flaming comes overwhelmingly from males |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
121. I don't like them, but they don't scare me either. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. You're male. Your opinion fits with the majority male view in this thread |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
129. The strategy we are currently using to deal with them is exactly analogous-- |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.. |
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