Afghanistan

TheMercenary · 10-27-2009, 07:28 AM

A great story of escape from the Taliban.

A Rope and a Prayer

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/wo...ewanted=1&_r=1

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 10:15 AM

This is very disturbing to me. We can't even supply our troops with new boots?

SamIam · 10-27-2009, 11:23 AM

Where did that picture come from, Bruce? This is just so wrong.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 11:33 AM

Boston.com

SamIam · 10-27-2009, 12:29 PM

Wow, great site, Bruce. From the same source:

Quote:

Afghanistan is poised to enact legislation that will outlaw the trading of women to settle a debt, spousal abuse and child marriages along with other violence targeting women - a bittersweet victory in a country where many victims say they don't expect laws to change such traditional practices, but one that its backers say nudges forward women's rights

This is beyond women's rights IMO. Its just basic human rights. No one should be treated like a slave.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 12:51 PM

Sound good, but it's basically unenforceable in Afghanistan, and a lot of other countries, without a culture change.

Spexxvet · 10-29-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

This is very disturbing to me. We can't even supply our troops with new boots?

That might mean ................ raising taxes!! Oh NOOOOOOooooo!

Perry Winkle · 10-31-2009, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

This is very disturbing to me. We can't even supply our troops with new boots?

Our big tough soldiers don't need boots. The Tarahumara run for days on end (as a part of their daily lives and for recreation) with sandals made from automobile tires.

I'm not very serious.

10-27-2009, 07:28 AM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	A great story of escape from the Taliban. A Rope and a Prayer http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/wo...ewanted=1&_r=1 __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-27-2009, 10:15 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This is very disturbing to me. We can't even supply our troops with new boots? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2009, 11:33 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Boston.com __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2009, 12:51 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sound good, but it's basically unenforceable in Afghanistan, and a lot of other countries, without a culture change. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2009, 11:23 AM	#3
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Where did that picture come from, Bruce? This is just so wrong.

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