A woman of great courage...I'll give her that. Trying to hit home points like that over there is kinda like asking to "disappear". But also a woman of great ignorance. While I cannot completely disagree with the concept that some practices in Muslim countries are a bit dated...its not our place to change them. I think thats part of the problem. We expected to go into this country, bust a few skulls, and wave the magic Democracy wand. But we are talking about trying to unite factions that have hated or mistrusted eachother for centuries! Its up to THEM to make the change, not us to do it for them. And its not going to happen overnight in either case. I think thats why things are headed back towards civil war...too much too fast
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actually, I also think it's not unreasonable to WANT to change others' behavior, if it is immoral or wrong. My problem is, we discriminate as ruthlessly here at home. I'm tired of seeing us clean up the rest of the world while allowing our own people to suffer.
I'm tired of seeing us clean up the rest of the world while allowing our own people to suffer.
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I do want you (and everyone else to know) that I posted this word for word from my email yesterday to start conversation. I don't know quite where I stand in all of this and I'm gettting a clearer idea from reading your posts and digging up old BBC news articles.
"I'm tired of seeing us clean up the rest of the world while allowing our own people to suffer." Yes, I also couldn't agree more. We are so busy being the "World's Police Force" that we fail to bring our own society up to the standards we are trying to instill elsewhere. And thats just stupid and hypocritical. Its about time we focused on fixing our own problems before we try to solve the ones created by the rest of the world.
As for wanting to change someone's behavior because its immoral...while I do agree there, it still requires a degree of cooperation by the entity you are trying to change. I still stand by what I said before. Its still not going to happen overnight because of the History of the factions involved and thats something our government just doesn't seem to get right now.
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Here Here!
I do want you (and everyone else to know) that I posted this word for word from my email yesterday to start conversation. I don't know quite where I stand in all of this and I'm gettting a clearer idea from reading your posts and digging up old BBC news articles.
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Yes, I also couldn't agree more. We are so busy being the "World's Police Force" that we fail to bring our own society up to the standards we are trying to instill elsewhere. And thats just stupid and hypocritical. Its about time we focused on fixing our own problems before we try to solve the ones created by the rest of the world.
As for wanting to change someone's behavior because its immoral...while I do agree there, it still requires a degree of cooperation by the entity you are trying to change. I still stand by what I said before. Its still not going to happen overnight because of the History of the factions involved and thats something our government just doesn't seem to get right now.
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