06-10-2005, 05:19 PM
Ashock,Jun 10 2005, 09:10 AM Wrote:Here's what I'm curious about:
All other issues aside, how can any Western female be pro-Muslim culture/society, just on the strength of something like this? [right][snapback]80152[/snapback][/right]
Because it's anti-Bush? Because they aren't informed? Because they choose to ignore the dark side of the issue when it suits them?
It has taken the Western World many generations to accept women as people and not property. Many of the Muslim areas of the world are still "backward" in that regard. Perhaps these folks just forgot how we got to this point. Maybe they feel guilty because we have acheived so much in that regard.
I saw a bumper sticker yesterday:
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
The Bill of No Rights
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein