Ulysses
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Re: Feeling to take my full hijab off
The Taliban rose to power under Clinton's rule, and they planned their villainy during his reign. It is not the particular political party which has been in power in the Western nations which account for the historical events which have shaped all our lives and brought us here to this encounter. Do not be so rash as to resort to snake oils and conspiracy theories to resolve your cognitive disonnance. There are villains in every society, and I will not propose that the West (Hong Kong included in that clump) are any more intrinsically meritorious in being free of would-be tyrants than is the Islamic world.
The difference is in the social SYSTEMS in which those powerplayers navigate, contest, and beguile. Some systems afford them a bit less manueverability and power, others a bit more.
But, real life now beckons, I have spent my entire morning of my day off here diving into your world. It has not been my intent to insult or offend, but merely to challenge and to learn. The 79% of humanity who are non-Muslims, and in particular those who are literate and middle class are much like me in that they would similarly like to see what makes you tick, and perhaps prompt at least wee bit of introspection for you about the complicity of your prescriptive way of life in allowing suicide terror, murderous interpretations of "jihad," and insurgency to thrive. No doubt, there are some clever comebacks about how my capitalist way of life allows all manner of alternate sins to thrive . . . such is the way of it I suppose. I have my 50 posts, and I am now a full citizen of your world. Will you welcome me, your fellow global citizen, or will you declare a fatwah on all who might question and provoke?
I sincerely wish enlightenment to you all, and that we may find a way to live the coming decades in peaceful, and mutually beneficient coexistence, if not friendship.
The Taliban rose to power under Clinton's rule, and they planned their villainy during his reign. It is not the particular political party which has been in power in the Western nations which account for the historical events which have shaped all our lives and brought us here to this encounter. Do not be so rash as to resort to snake oils and conspiracy theories to resolve your cognitive disonnance. There are villains in every society, and I will not propose that the West (Hong Kong included in that clump) are any more intrinsically meritorious in being free of would-be tyrants than is the Islamic world.
The difference is in the social SYSTEMS in which those powerplayers navigate, contest, and beguile. Some systems afford them a bit less manueverability and power, others a bit more.
But, real life now beckons, I have spent my entire morning of my day off here diving into your world. It has not been my intent to insult or offend, but merely to challenge and to learn. The 79% of humanity who are non-Muslims, and in particular those who are literate and middle class are much like me in that they would similarly like to see what makes you tick, and perhaps prompt at least wee bit of introspection for you about the complicity of your prescriptive way of life in allowing suicide terror, murderous interpretations of "jihad," and insurgency to thrive. No doubt, there are some clever comebacks about how my capitalist way of life allows all manner of alternate sins to thrive . . . such is the way of it I suppose. I have my 50 posts, and I am now a full citizen of your world. Will you welcome me, your fellow global citizen, or will you declare a fatwah on all who might question and provoke?
I sincerely wish enlightenment to you all, and that we may find a way to live the coming decades in peaceful, and mutually beneficient coexistence, if not friendship.
