Folks!! did you hear it! The oppression of afghanistan women is a myth, made up by the media.
Benjamin, I heard about the plight of afghani women several years ago when an afghan woman came to speak at a university. Did she make it up too? was she in on the big media conspiracy? Were the stories she told of women being killed for walking down the street with a man whom they weren't married to made up too? Were the stories of female lawyers and doctors made up too? And she left afghanistan not because she was no longer allowed to practice law there, but just to spread these lies about the wonderful taliban rule? All those underground schools to teach girls dont' exist right - because under the taliban rule girls WERE allowed to go to school? And all this information I received prior to 9/11 - it was made up for WHAT REASON? so, all the people in afghanistan listening to music again, shaving their beards, taking off their masks, they weren't really oppressed its just a media invention, right? > The western media is at best, extrodinatily limited in it's representation > of 'real people' in the middle east (or media east as it's exists for us). > Furthermore, it's representation is more often designed to promote this > kind > of discussion by manufacture of 'stories' (one of these being the > celebrating Palistinians, another being the oppression of women in > Aphganistan for example). These stories are the developed and made self > referencial, repeated over and over by all media outlets until they become > the measure of oppinion polls on presidencial popularity. There simplify > polarize and synthasize politics and culture for the fast food culture > that > is America. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:18 AM > Subject: RE: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( > > > > 1. There were a LOT more than 1 woman and 5 kids. There were PA police > > taking camera's away from reporters to avoid the news from it. There > were > > letters of protest from the AP and Reuters over it. I know people who > live > > in Israel and have first hand reports as do many others. > > 2. The rumor that it was old footage was debunked. It started with a > > student in Argentina and spread. It was real footage. > > 3. I don't condemn any Palestinian for the actions of some truly sick > > people who take pride and happiness in the suffering of others. > > > > > > >As or your second quesion... > > >First, that clip of a women dancing and five kids > > >clapping there hands, I wouldnt realy know how that is > > >considred 'my people', last time i checked, the > > >Palestinian population was not reprented by a women > > >and 5 kids, and yes, a car passing by blowings its > > >horn...Second, CNN, which first aired the clip, was > > >and still is accused of airing an old clip which was > > >taking during the Iraq war, except , sadly, no media > > >outlet would ever let the story run, nor deny or > > >confirm the reports.... > > > > > >Now i dont know if that is right or wrong, I do > > >believe that YES, its very possible that there does > > >exist a palestinian women who danced in the streets, > > >and its so re-assuring that a camera somehow found her > > >dancing and aired her image, two hours after the > > >incident.....I would think there would be more > > >pressing issues at that time,but i guess a Palestinian > > >women supposedly dancing in the streets of > > >Palestine,is more important than the those tens and > > >thousands of casualties and the chaos that was > > >happening here.. > > > > > >I guess the Palestinians where just about to get there > > >independence and your blessings, and this women came > > >and screwed everything up for us!!! > > > > > >BTW, the women was kinda a heavy set, so i wouldnt > > >realy call it "Jumping up for Joy", the poor old lady > > >could barely walk, but she was eating sweets, which > > >does probably translate to her as jumping up for > > >joy!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
