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What he still has a family? - I say this lightly because it clearly is fiction. Firstly, the Taliban must be very busy if all they do is go around burning litt

by Ardit20 16y ago

What he still has a family? - I say this lightly because it clearly is fiction. Firstly, the Taliban must be very busy if all they do is go around burning little children who learn how to read. Also, this breadwinner must be quite relieved that his son was killed in a nicer way. Seeing as the Taliban took the trouble to burn his daughter just for reading, I suppose they would consider the father to be their friend, because, well they only burned his daughter. Of course in no way would they think that he hates them to the gut and would happily go along to the guys who kill people in a nice way. I am sorry, there is a serious point there, but do try and make it.

elblanco 16y ago
Have you ever read anything about conditions inside Afghanistan under the Taliban? I mean this as a serious question because by your response you seem absolutely ignorant.
- Ardit20 16y ago
  Common, they not in the business of burning people for - - - reading! You know they have a war to fight and that probably keeps them very busy. Also, by freaking burning a person is a sure way to make enemy of the entire village, so they better go and find some other village. And I think they probably depend to a great extent on the goodwill of the village which probably shelters them and does not hand them over to the soldiers. By burning someone for - reading - is a sure way to vanish that good will and turn it into hate. Now, burning someone as some sort of revenge or punishment for perhaps being and informer might make sense.
  - plinkplonk 16y ago
    "They not in the business of burning people for - - - reading!" Maybe not. But they hang 7 year olds to send a message to his family. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/bloody-taliban-revenge-hangs-boy-attacks-wedding/story?id=10879315 http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/bloody-taliban-revenge-... That America is fighting a foolish and unwinnable war and instigating a witch hunt for Assange doesn't mean the Taliban aren't sadistic psychopaths.
  - elblanco 16y ago
    http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007238,00.html http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007238,00.htm... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/abuse-of-afghan-women-it-was-my-decision-to-die-i-was-getting-beaten-every-day-425580.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/abuse-of-afghan... http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/stoningetc/immol.htm http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/stoningetc/immol.htm
    - Ardit20 16y ago
      Yeh sure man they are really bad people, but none of the article is about reading, or maybe it is because I only skimmed them. I did say that there is a serious point there, and suggested that you make it. Coming up with such things as they killed him in a nicer way, the Taliban would consider him to be his friend after burning his daughter, rather than probably thinks he really hates them and will inform on them on any chance he has, so really I doubt he is the kind of person the taliban would hardly suspect that he would inform on them, and taking the extreme action of burning a person for reading really are not serious points.
      - elblanco 16y ago
        I don't think you understand how intimidation tactics work.

by Ardit20 16y ago

elblanco 16y ago

Have you ever read anything about conditions inside Afghanistan under the Taliban? I mean this as a serious question because by your response you seem absolutely ignorant.

Ardit20 16y ago
Common, they not in the business of burning people for - - - reading! You know they have a war to fight and that probably keeps them very busy. Also, by freaking burning a person is a sure way to make enemy of the entire village, so they better go and find some other village. And I think they probably depend to a great extent on the goodwill of the village which probably shelters them and does not hand them over to the soldiers. By burning someone for - reading - is a sure way to vanish that good will and turn it into hate. Now, burning someone as some sort of revenge or punishment for perhaps being and informer might make sense.
- plinkplonk 16y ago
  "They not in the business of burning people for - - - reading!" Maybe not. But they hang 7 year olds to send a message to his family. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/bloody-taliban-revenge-hangs-boy-attacks-wedding/story?id=10879315 http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Afghanistan/bloody-taliban-revenge-... That America is fighting a foolish and unwinnable war and instigating a witch hunt for Assange doesn't mean the Taliban aren't sadistic psychopaths.
- elblanco 16y ago
  http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007238,00.html http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007238,00.htm... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/abuse-of-afghan-women-it-was-my-decision-to-die-i-was-getting-beaten-every-day-425580.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/abuse-of-afghan... http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/stoningetc/immol.htm http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/stoningetc/immol.htm
  - Ardit20 16y ago
    Yeh sure man they are really bad people, but none of the article is about reading, or maybe it is because I only skimmed them. I did say that there is a serious point there, and suggested that you make it. Coming up with such things as they killed him in a nicer way, the Taliban would consider him to be his friend after burning his daughter, rather than probably thinks he really hates them and will inform on them on any chance he has, so really I doubt he is the kind of person the taliban would hardly suspect that he would inform on them, and taking the extreme action of burning a person for reading really are not serious points.
    - elblanco 16y ago
      I don't think you understand how intimidation tactics work.