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quoteRob

July 05, 2009, 17:45

Kathy.. With all respect intended.. Please leave the feminist jargon for another topic. We are dealing with a situation that has accumulated for thousands of years in the Arab nations, and..in truth, due to the harshness of their third world civilization, men (indeed) have to make the decisions for their women kind.
I spent 2 years in Saudi, and saw baby girls killed at birth because they were worthless to the tribe until reaching puberty, and could be sold as sex slaves, or traded for a camel. They eat as much as a boy, and cannot work as hard. Water was a big issue, too.
Yes. It's dead wrong in our "civilized" eyes, but to them...it's called survival, and any changes won't happen in this, or the next generation, any more then they will accept our form of democracy, over religious secularism.

quoteKathy

July 05, 2009, 01:51

I agree with self-determination by the people, if it is truly by all of the people...what about the Afghan women who have had no rights for years except on paper? It seems so easy for a man to say let the people determine, when he really means is, let men determine.

quotekaren_j66

July 03, 2009, 13:34

finally !!! a rational response to a irrational situation. guess we wont be seeing THIS on CNN anytime soon

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