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Have we seen the new Time cover yet? Warning...Not for the squimish. -- (link)

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jul 29 '10, 12:41

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What the Taliban means to Afghanistan... (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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they were being lenient, she could have been stoned to death, or sentenced to be gang raped for the crime of embarrassing her family -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:08
well, shit. if women being treated badly is the standard, we've got a few more stops to make. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 12:55 2
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- and the sooner we start ... -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:57
Is that a valid argument? - ty97 Jul 29, 12:46 15
- Taliban is not afghan culture it's far more extreeme -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:06
- but it has gone backwards in recent times. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:52
- The Buddha statues stood for over 1000 years until the Taliban took over. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 12:52 12
  - So women were treated well then? -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 12:54 11
    - communists are secular that lowers the level of religious radicals a bit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:03
    - They were allowed to go to school and hold positions in the government and have professional jobs. All of that stopped under the Taliban. -- nm - jnine Jul 29, 12:59
    - (better) -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 12:55 8
      - Do we know this, or just assume it? -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 12:56 6
        
        The Taliban was particularly systematically brutal towards women when they took over in 1996. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 13:00 3
        
        and that has changed?????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:01 2
        
        Yes. The current government does not believe in Sharia law. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 13:03 1
        
        well sure but in the area the Taleban controls or tryes to it is bad or even vorse - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:04
        
        there are non-fiction books written about this. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 13:00
        
        bad things happened, but it wasn't organised at a country-wide level -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:57
      - right. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:55
Whether we are there or not, this will happen -- nm - amoxy Jul 29, 12:45 3
- This is a fair point, also echoed by the Tweeter I got it from. - NWBR on iPhone Jul 29, 12:47 2
  - Things like that (and worse) are happening in the Congo, and we choose not to get involved. -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:55 1
    - Yes, but the decision at hand is more, "We are there. What do we do?" - NWBR on iPhone Jul 29, 13:05
It's graphic, yup, but I hope not a surprise to any of us. -- nm - OAE Jul 29, 12:44
oof -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:43

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