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Originally Posted by Hans Landa
Who do you blame for the acid face and the schoolgirl burnings? It's not very clear since you're focusing too much and trying to be a smart ass.
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I was exploring your views, not offering my own.
I blame the religious zealots.
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Originally Posted by Hans Landa
It sounds like you are suggesting that I have no compassion for burning children because they want to be liberated and that's not allowed under Taliban rule. Is this correct?
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It was not my intention to presume your motive.
I'm unsure of how to answer your question, but I will say this:
My compassion for the acid-burned schoolgirl is not dependent on her desire to be free of her religion or her devotion to a belief-system that executes deserters.
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Originally Posted by Hans Landa
Or are you suggesting that they are being burned because they support the Taliban but are being forced by US/Canada to go to school, resulting in their torture?
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That was not my intended assertion.
I do not consider that hypothetical to be very common.
The schools these girls attend do not have anything resembling the type of resources that compulsory attendance would require.
They are trying, at great risk to themselves, to become informed members of the world community that will not need to rely on fear and ignorance.