YouGov finds little support for re-entering the Afghan war – politicalbetting.com
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And people don't have to be offended by it. It left me saddened for all manner of reasons (however much that is just 'pandering'), but not offended.kinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
But nor is anyone obligated to take a verbal kick or refrain from making one in return, however righteous the reason for the initial kick, out of respect. Passion and anger don't afford any special insight into others' souls.0 -
And in the least surprising news, in the rather noticeable area not occupied by the Taliban, opposition forces have started congeregating.
I mentioned last night that the CIA had wasted to time getting on the blower to the some of their old friends in the Panjshir Valley. Its notable they were dropping by in flat land doubling as airstrips as well in recent days.
Not that these guys need the US tell them what to do. Whilst it is unlikely to be a sudden massive counter march on Kabul (the fighting isnt that far away), the idea of Taliban complete control has always been a misnomer
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Ah, bless.RobD said:
Because I choose not to? It's quite easy. She's clearly angry about the situation, which is understandable.IshmaelZ said:
You aren't making a great deal of sense. How do you have the option of "not taking it personally"? Is it the case that your reaction to women being harmed is "fuck 'em"? If not, do you not mind at all the suggestion that it is? And I am not" responding in kind". I am not someone whose response to women being harmed is "fuck 'em". Cyclefree, on the other hand, is a turgid bore. So I don't really see the equivalence?RobD said:
Meh, I didn't take it personally. But you clearly did, and thought the best response was to respond in kind.IshmaelZ said:
What? You've just been told that you as a man on PB probably think "Women will be hurt by this." "Yes - but fuck 'em." Do you really think that? If you don't, are you not in the slightest, slightest bit irked by the suggestion that you do? Really? Really really?RobD said:
Totally uncalled for.IshmaelZ said:
Oh my god. Please tell us that doesn't mean the end of those ballsachingly dull, sententious, overlong, unimaginative and originality free headers? I don't think the site can take it. PB RIP.Cyclefree said:I am both furious and sad at the way women are being abandoned and treated as regrettable - but fundamentally unimportant - collateral damage.
I know all the arguments etc etc. But once again, men fight wars, decide how to order society, invent religions etc and it is women and girls who have to pay the bloody price.
In the nicest possible way, men really just need to fuck off. They're a menace. They need to go away and learn how to behave like civilised people and then maybe they can be allowed to play with a train set or two.
And please I know you are probably mostly quite a nice lot. But in the end, admit it, you'd all do what cuddly Jo did: "Women will be hurt by this." "Yes - but fuck 'em."
Hannah Arendt thought that Eichmann illustrated the banality of evil. Cyclefree seems to me to be living proof of the banality of banality. I wouldn't usually in a thousand years have the bad manners to say so, but I seriously object to anyone telling me that my reaction to women being hurt is "Yes - but fuck 'em." Do you feel differently?
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My friends & I would have won our local pub quiz for the first/only time had we known that a couple of years ago!Foxy said:
Nandos is South African. A lot of Portuguese moved there when Mozambique got independence, though some went to the motherland.SandyRentool said:
I've never dined at Nando's.IanB2 said:
My wife went once and had lamb. Her niece found this very amusing but was too polite to say anything at the time.
Also, I don't get what is "cheeky" about tucking in to one of their meals.
I've had the real deal in Portugal. And enjoyed it.0 -
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.1 -
A part of the world run by men, at least.kinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
I don't think anyone here is pro-Taliban, just accepting that the age of liberal-interventionist wars has just ended. No more wars will be fought to try to impose liberal values on unwilling populations.
There are a sort of men who thinks that the answer to any political question is war and force. The reality is that convincing the wretched of the world to embrace liberal values is not a matter of force. Far better is soft power and economic development.2 -
No, we all post what we post and sincerity is best unless it's one for laughs.kle4 said:
And people don't have to be offended by it. It left me saddened for all manner of reasons (however much that is just 'pandering'), but not offended.kinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
But nor is anyone obligated to take a verbal kick or refrain from making one in return, however righteous the reason for the initial kick, out of respect. Passion and anger don't afford any special insight into others' souls.
But anyway ...0 -
Did you find a new source of flint?Leon said:
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.0 -
There is more than a hint that the Taleban themselves have been rather caught out by the complete lack of meaningful opposition from the former government and are scrambling to maintain some vestige of control The amnesty for all government officials who turn up for work suggests that right now they simply don't have a government machine in operation.Yokes said:And in the least surprising news, in the rather noticeable area not occupied by the Taliban, opposition forces have started congeregating.
I mentioned last night that the CIA had wasted to time getting on the blower to the some of their old friends in the Panjshir Valley. Its notable they were dropping by in flat land doubling as airstrips as well in recent days.
Not that these guys need the US tell them what to do. Whilst it is unlikely to be a sudden massive counter march on Kabul (the fighting isnt that far away), the idea of Taliban complete control has always been a misnomer0 -
Yes but they will probably nationalise lots so should be ok in your book. I bet they will abolish private schools tookinabalu said:
Yep you were right on that one. It seemed to make sense to a rational way of thinking and so it proved. Perhaps the same will apply when it comes to reestablishing a Butlins for international terrorist gangs to prepare attacks on the West. That wouldn't be rational either so maybe it won't happen. Maybe they'll take a leaf from the Americans and concentrate on the home front. Make Afghanistan Great - aka a repressive and backward Islamic fundamentalist state - Again.pigeon said:When I left to make the dinner a while ago the discussion was actually on topic. How on Earth did it get back to the zillionth stupid mudslinging fest over another place?
Oh well, never mind. Just about the only good news about the Afghan debacle is it looks as if I may have been right when I said the Taliban had concluded it was in their interest to let the foreigners go in peace. The bad news is that I seem to recall seeing on the news earlier today that the RAF had so far managed to get 300 people out through the airport. Apparently there are 6,000 UK citizens and eligible Afghans awaiting rescue. This is far from ideal...0 -
Hey it's our fruity 'man of the world'!Leon said:
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
What a shame I have to slip into a deep deep sleep.0 -
So a mean of c. 30 per constituency. Which is eminently manageable without disruption nor backlash.Scott_xP said:BREAKING -
New Afghan Resettlement Scheme will allow -
5,000 Afghan refugees to come to the UK in the first year,
20,000 thousand overall.
(as reported in the 'i') https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1427736849058041861
What's the betting the median and mode is nowt at all like 30?0 -
🙂 - But I disapprove even more of faith schools so ...Pagan2 said:
Yes but they will probably nationalise lots so should be ok in your book. I bet they will abolish private schools tookinabalu said:
Yep you were right on that one. It seemed to make sense to a rational way of thinking and so it proved. Perhaps the same will apply when it comes to reestablishing a Butlins for international terrorist gangs to prepare attacks on the West. That wouldn't be rational either so maybe it won't happen. Maybe they'll take a leaf from the Americans and concentrate on the home front. Make Afghanistan Great - aka a repressive and backward Islamic fundamentalist state - Again.pigeon said:When I left to make the dinner a while ago the discussion was actually on topic. How on Earth did it get back to the zillionth stupid mudslinging fest over another place?
Oh well, never mind. Just about the only good news about the Afghan debacle is it looks as if I may have been right when I said the Taliban had concluded it was in their interest to let the foreigners go in peace. The bad news is that I seem to recall seeing on the news earlier today that the RAF had so far managed to get 300 people out through the airport. Apparently there are 6,000 UK citizens and eligible Afghans awaiting rescue. This is far from ideal...0 -
But we've had all that for 3 decades. The sad truth is that the world isn't embracing liberal values. Outside of the west, it is reinventing traditional power structures. Neither war nor economic development is changing that.Foxy said:
A part of the world run by men, at least.kinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
I don't think anyone here is pro-Taliban, just accepting that the age of liberal-interventionist wars has just ended. No more wars will be fought to try to impose liberal values on unwilling populations.
There are a sort of men who thinks that the answer to any political question is war and force. The reality is that convincing the wretched of the world to embrace liberal values is not a matter of force. Far better is soft power and economic development.
Its perhaps better to just be grateful that we live in the situation we do.0 -
Today I did absolutely nothing but drink, sleep, sunbathe, drink and masturbate. And halfway through I ate a bizarre salmon and quinoa salad which actually turned out to be quite delicious. So I had another wank then I watched two episodes of Anthony Bourdain and now I’m taking a load of darknet Valium with my Santorini wine so tomorrow I can work early then go see the PnyxMaxPB said:
Did you find a new source of flint?Leon said:
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
All in all, a good day0 -
As long as they all go to upper middle class enclaves its all finedixiedean said:
So a mean of c. 30 per constituency. Which is eminently manageable without disruption nor backlash.Scott_xP said:BREAKING -
New Afghan Resettlement Scheme will allow -
5,000 Afghan refugees to come to the UK in the first year,
20,000 thousand overall.
(as reported in the 'i') https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1427736849058041861
What's the betting the median and mode is nowt at all like 30?1 -
All going to Scotland aren't they - RP made the offer this morning.dixiedean said:
So a mean of c. 30 per constituency. Which is eminently manageable without disruption nor backlash.Scott_xP said:BREAKING -
New Afghan Resettlement Scheme will allow -
5,000 Afghan refugees to come to the UK in the first year,
20,000 thousand overall.
(as reported in the 'i') https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1427736849058041861
What's the betting the median and mode is nowt at all like 30?0 -
I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.8 -
did I say anything about faith schools no I didnt. Did you become hyufd replying to points never made?kinabalu said:
🙂 - But I disapprove even more of faith schools so ...Pagan2 said:
Yes but they will probably nationalise lots so should be ok in your book. I bet they will abolish private schools tookinabalu said:
Yep you were right on that one. It seemed to make sense to a rational way of thinking and so it proved. Perhaps the same will apply when it comes to reestablishing a Butlins for international terrorist gangs to prepare attacks on the West. That wouldn't be rational either so maybe it won't happen. Maybe they'll take a leaf from the Americans and concentrate on the home front. Make Afghanistan Great - aka a repressive and backward Islamic fundamentalist state - Again.pigeon said:When I left to make the dinner a while ago the discussion was actually on topic. How on Earth did it get back to the zillionth stupid mudslinging fest over another place?
Oh well, never mind. Just about the only good news about the Afghan debacle is it looks as if I may have been right when I said the Taliban had concluded it was in their interest to let the foreigners go in peace. The bad news is that I seem to recall seeing on the news earlier today that the RAF had so far managed to get 300 people out through the airport. Apparently there are 6,000 UK citizens and eligible Afghans awaiting rescue. This is far from ideal...0 -
Why would Biden call anyone in the EU?MaxPB said:Once again Biden has completely sidelined the EU and most of Europe. His actual policy wrt the EU is basically the same as Trump. The rhetoric is warmer but there seems to be little difference in actual policy. The UK has been consulted and kept in the loop as expected with Boris and Biden speaking on the phone. No other European leader or EU politician has been, not even France.
I worry that this stance from Biden will hasten the EU's Russia/China focus. As I said yesterday, Boris' comment about not engaging with the Taliban had an entirely different audience than what the idiots on twitter think. It was squarely aimed at Germany and other EU nations who are happy to knuckle under China and Russia.
The UK had troops in Afghanistan alongside the US. As far as I understand it, no other European countries did.0 -
Biden can’t use a smartphone, like my Mum. That may also be an issuercs1000 said:
Why would Biden call anyone in the EU?MaxPB said:Once again Biden has completely sidelined the EU and most of Europe. His actual policy wrt the EU is basically the same as Trump. The rhetoric is warmer but there seems to be little difference in actual policy. The UK has been consulted and kept in the loop as expected with Boris and Biden speaking on the phone. No other European leader or EU politician has been, not even France.
I worry that this stance from Biden will hasten the EU's Russia/China focus. As I said yesterday, Boris' comment about not engaging with the Taliban had an entirely different audience than what the idiots on twitter think. It was squarely aimed at Germany and other EU nations who are happy to knuckle under China and Russia.
The UK had troops in Afghanistan alongside the US. As far as I understand it, no other European countries did.1 -
What a great piece. ThxAlistair said:I remembered this result when it was reported at the time. Turns out an experiment about honesty is most likely a massive fraud. The basic numerical analysis is utterly damning.
Given that it is auto insurance based I thought it might be relevant to @rcs1000 's interests.
https://twitter.com/jpsimmon/status/1427628315939049491?s=19
https://datacolada.org/98
EDIT: omg, I have just got to the font analysis. This is wild.0 -
It makes you wonder how many were needed to keep the Taliban out of Kabul for a few weeks if they'd been willing to fight.DavidL said:
There is more than a hint that the Taleban themselves have been rather caught out by the complete lack of meaningful opposition from the former government and are scrambling to maintain some vestige of control The amnesty for all government officials who turn up for work suggests that right now they simply don't have a government machine in operation.Yokes said:And in the least surprising news, in the rather noticeable area not occupied by the Taliban, opposition forces have started congeregating.
I mentioned last night that the CIA had wasted to time getting on the blower to the some of their old friends in the Panjshir Valley. Its notable they were dropping by in flat land doubling as airstrips as well in recent days.
Not that these guys need the US tell them what to do. Whilst it is unlikely to be a sudden massive counter march on Kabul (the fighting isnt that far away), the idea of Taliban complete control has always been a misnomer
Maybe around 500.0 -
Must have been your DIY dressing that made the salad so tasty.Leon said:
Today I did absolutely nothing but drink, sleep, sunbathe, drink and masturbate. And halfway through I ate a bizarre salmon and quinoa salad which actually turned out to be quite delicious. So I had another wank then I watched two episodes of Anthony Bourdain and now I’m taking a load of darknet Valium with my Santorini wine so tomorrow I can work early then go see the PnyxMaxPB said:
Did you find a new source of flint?Leon said:
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
All in all, a good day0 -
Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.0 -
Tory back benchers from the Home Counties fulminating about this will be drawing up plans for emergency suitable housing, health care, employment and schooling in their constituencies as we speak, no doubt.Pagan2 said:
As long as they all go to upper middle class enclaves its all finedixiedean said:
So a mean of c. 30 per constituency. Which is eminently manageable without disruption nor backlash.Scott_xP said:BREAKING -
New Afghan Resettlement Scheme will allow -
5,000 Afghan refugees to come to the UK in the first year,
20,000 thousand overall.
(as reported in the 'i') https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1427736849058041861
What's the betting the median and mode is nowt at all like 30?1 -
I would guess that Biden's advisors try to limit the number of interactions he has with people generally. Safer that way. He's less likely to sniff their hair, touch their knee and call them "Jessica".Leon said:
Biden can’t use a smartphone, like my Mum. That may also be an issuercs1000 said:
Why would Biden call anyone in the EU?MaxPB said:Once again Biden has completely sidelined the EU and most of Europe. His actual policy wrt the EU is basically the same as Trump. The rhetoric is warmer but there seems to be little difference in actual policy. The UK has been consulted and kept in the loop as expected with Boris and Biden speaking on the phone. No other European leader or EU politician has been, not even France.
I worry that this stance from Biden will hasten the EU's Russia/China focus. As I said yesterday, Boris' comment about not engaging with the Taliban had an entirely different audience than what the idiots on twitter think. It was squarely aimed at Germany and other EU nations who are happy to knuckle under China and Russia.
The UK had troops in Afghanistan alongside the US. As far as I understand it, no other European countries did.0 -
Just seeking a light touch in replying to drivel. Won't happen again.Pagan2 said:
did I say anything about faith schools no I didnt. Did you become hyufd replying to points never made?kinabalu said:
🙂 - But I disapprove even more of faith schools so ...Pagan2 said:
Yes but they will probably nationalise lots so should be ok in your book. I bet they will abolish private schools tookinabalu said:
Yep you were right on that one. It seemed to make sense to a rational way of thinking and so it proved. Perhaps the same will apply when it comes to reestablishing a Butlins for international terrorist gangs to prepare attacks on the West. That wouldn't be rational either so maybe it won't happen. Maybe they'll take a leaf from the Americans and concentrate on the home front. Make Afghanistan Great - aka a repressive and backward Islamic fundamentalist state - Again.pigeon said:When I left to make the dinner a while ago the discussion was actually on topic. How on Earth did it get back to the zillionth stupid mudslinging fest over another place?
Oh well, never mind. Just about the only good news about the Afghan debacle is it looks as if I may have been right when I said the Taliban had concluded it was in their interest to let the foreigners go in peace. The bad news is that I seem to recall seeing on the news earlier today that the RAF had so far managed to get 300 people out through the airport. Apparently there are 6,000 UK citizens and eligible Afghans awaiting rescue. This is far from ideal...0 -
So you would place a trade embargo and sanctions on Saudi would you?MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.2 -
Yes. Tomorrow if it was up to me. Along with any other country where women don't have equal rights. Alas, I don't make the rules.dixiedean said:
So you would place a trade embargo and sanctions on Saudi would you?MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.6 -
Just imagine for one second that Trump had done this
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1427048113131380737/photo/1
Basically Biden had a photo op whilst talking on a video call with various intelligence operatives in Middle East
I don't know this source but others have been talking about this for a while now
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Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, it was reported that large numbers of anti-Taliban forces, including Vice President Amrullah Saleh, were converging into the Panjshir Valley, the only area of Afghanistan not conquered by the Taliban, in order to create a new resistance front.[10][11][12]Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
On 17 August, unconfirmed reports of Afghans fleeing to the resistance have come through. Former ethnic Tajik soldiers of the Afghan army have also begun to arrive in support of the resistance with tanks and personnel carriers to the Panjshir valley.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_resistance0 -
So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
4) No religion0 -
ISIS crumbled very quickly when properly challenged. Because, when it comes to it, most people really don’t want to live under ugly medieval laws that crush individuality and repress half of humankind: womenFloater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
I do not believe the Taliban are ‘popular’. They are grudgingly accepted, at best, by a mutinous people in despair at endless war and chaotic politics. And many Afghans absolutely loathe them
I can see them falling again quite quickly, certainly in large parts of the country, if confronted by a coherent local actor, supported by a nearby power
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Afghanistan as a single country is unsustainable. Parts need to be Iran. Parts Central Asian Stans. And parts Pakistan. Everyone would be much happier.Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
Apart from the women that is.1 -
The West didn't go into Afghanistan in 2001 because we wanted to. We did it because we had to, in order to do something about the terrorism that had led to the 9/11 attacks.0
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That is good to hear Max. We have been pandering to those bastards for far too long.MaxPB said:
Yes. Tomorrow if it was up to me. Along with any other country where women don't have equal rights. Alas, I don't make the rules.dixiedean said:
So you would place a trade embargo and sanctions on Saudi would you?MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.0 -
We should certainly stop the Wahhabist funding that comes from Saudi Arabia.MaxPB said:
Yes. Tomorrow if it was up to me. Along with any other country where women don't have equal rights. Alas, I don't make the rules.dixiedean said:
So you would place a trade embargo and sanctions on Saudi would you?MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.1 -
Odd post. Unless I'm missing the nuance.another_richard said:So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
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Incredibly well said Max.MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.0 -
Women are better protected almost anywhere compared to Taliban Afghanistan. Only the worst bits of Pakistan comparedixiedean said:
Afghanistan as a single country is unsustainable. Parts need to be Iran. Parts Central Asian Stans. And parts Pakistan. Everyone would be much happier.Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
Apart from the women that is.0 -
Just as a note: those thousands of prisoners sprung by the Taliban in the last week or so. People do know that quite a lot of are avowed Al Qaeda, right? Not to mention the sprinkling of those associating with IS.
Of course under the new Taliban they will be given jobs as community workers and in no way be interested in global jihad.0 -
They should be encouraged to integrate into British society not to recreate a Hindu Kush community and lifestyle among the Pennines.kinabalu said:
Odd post. Unless I'm missing the nuance.another_richard said:So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
4) No religion2 -
"Imagine there's no headscarvesanother_richard said:So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
4) No religion
It isn't hard to do."
Part of the problem of insisting refugees speak English is that the hideously underfunded language programmes which existed were largely abolished under Cameron. And all were housed in the same few streets. So there was no immersion, which is the easiest and quickest way to acquire functional fluency.1 -
I did mention in a post last week about the hole in the who has control map where the Taliban were not in charge and that it was heavily Tajik. It didnt take a genius to work out that rapid melting away and re-assembly is not unusual in these situations.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, it was reported that large numbers of anti-Taliban forces, including Vice President Amrullah Saleh, were converging into the Panjshir Valley, the only area of Afghanistan not conquered by the Taliban, in order to create a new resistance front.[10][11][12]Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
On 17 August, unconfirmed reports of Afghans fleeing to the resistance have come through. Former ethnic Tajik soldiers of the Afghan army have also begun to arrive in support of the resistance with tanks and personnel carriers to the Panjshir valley.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_resistance
Not enough hard evidence yet that this amounts to an effective force that can expand into significant territory.0 -
Gov Abbott of Texas has covid.
He is vaccinated.
Hopefully he will not be symptomatic which will encourage others to get vaccinated.0 -
Aaaaand…. Here we go
‘While the Taliban sought to present a kinder and gentler image to the world on Tuesday, scenes near Kabul’s airport offered a bloody counterpoint. The Taliban beat people with rifle butts and clubs to force back the crowd trying to get in.’
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Weren't the Hazaras supposed to be very anti-Taliban as they are Shia ?Yokes said:
I did mention in a post last week about the hole in the who has control map where the Taliban were not in charge and that it was heavily Tajik. It didnt take a genius to work out that rapid melting away and re-assembly is not unusual in these situations.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, it was reported that large numbers of anti-Taliban forces, including Vice President Amrullah Saleh, were converging into the Panjshir Valley, the only area of Afghanistan not conquered by the Taliban, in order to create a new resistance front.[10][11][12]Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
On 17 August, unconfirmed reports of Afghans fleeing to the resistance have come through. Former ethnic Tajik soldiers of the Afghan army have also begun to arrive in support of the resistance with tanks and personnel carriers to the Panjshir valley.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_resistance
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Escaping a religious regime should require living a secular lifestyle in the country that has given a new home. I wouldn't go as far as saying no religion. I would deport anyone who is found to support Sharia to the nearest country that has it, however. It is utterly abominable. Women are stoned to death for adultery because they had the temerity to be raped without the necessary 7 male witnesses. Any person who supports it is unworthy of British citizenship.kinabalu said:
Odd post. Unless I'm missing the nuance.another_richard said:So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
4) No religion2 -
The internet can also hinder integration - who needs to watch Corrie when you can continue to watch a soap from the old country.dixiedean said:
"Imagine there's no headscarvesanother_richard said:So are these Afghan refugees going to undergo a process of de-afghanisation ?
After all that's what they're refugees from.
How about:
1) No beards, no headscarfs, no tribal dress etc
2) No speaking Pashto, Tajik etc
3) No more than two kids per family
4) No religion
It isn't hard to do."
Part of the problem of insisting refugees speak English is that the hideously underfunded language programmes which existed were largely abolished under Cameron. And all were housed in the same few streets. So there was no immersion, which is the easiest and quickest way to acquire functional fluency.0 -
Indeed. That was an ill thought through nod to Cyclefree.Leon said:
Women are better protected almost anywhere compared to Taliban Afghanistan. Only the worst bits of Pakistan comparedixiedean said:
Afghanistan as a single country is unsustainable. Parts need to be Iran. Parts Central Asian Stans. And parts Pakistan. Everyone would be much happier.Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
Apart from the women that is.
Civil War will continue as long as the fact that this isn't a Unitary state is ignored.0 -
You must be long on oil call options 😉MaxPB said:
Yes. Tomorrow if it was up to me. Along with any other country where women don't have equal rights. Alas, I don't make the rules.dixiedean said:
So you would place a trade embargo and sanctions on Saudi would you?MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.0 -
And more. The new teletubby Taliban is nonsense
Khadija Amin the new anchor on state TV last week.
Taliban taking over her seat as of Monday.
Ms. Amin told us her boss informed her Taliban have banned women from returning to work at state television.
#Afghanistan
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Yes, fascinating piece. Both for the rather nerdy analysis of stats for stats sake - which was what drew me in - and the rather more startling and general conclusion - which those not tempted by a paper about the randomness of numbers might still be interested in:rcs1000 said:
What a great piece. ThxAlistair said:I remembered this result when it was reported at the time. Turns out an experiment about honesty is most likely a massive fraud. The basic numerical analysis is utterly damning.
Given that it is auto insurance based I thought it might be relevant to @rcs1000 's interests.
https://twitter.com/jpsimmon/status/1427628315939049491?s=19
https://datacolada.org/98
EDIT: omg, I have just got to the font analysis. This is wild.
"We have worked on enough fraud cases in the last decade to know that scientific fraud is more common than is convenient to believe, and that it does not happen only on the periphery of science. Addressing the problem of scientific fraud should not be left to a few anonymous (and fed up and frightened) whistleblowers and some (fed up and frightened) bloggers to root out."
Surprising how researchers of this sort - who presumably know what data *should* look like - are unable to fabricate it properly. I reckon I could have done a better job. Which implies that this example of making science up was only actually unearthed because the perpetrators were so bad at it. And further that there is a lot of other made-up science which is done rather better and which doesn't get spotted. Indeed, this is the implication of the piece - and the fact that the authors feel the need to report this anonymously suggests that this is an issue which science would rather not tackle.
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Not drivel...the taliban want to dictate how people live...so do youkinabalu said:
Just seeking a light touch in replying to drivel. Won't happen again.Pagan2 said:
did I say anything about faith schools no I didnt. Did you become hyufd replying to points never made?kinabalu said:
🙂 - But I disapprove even more of faith schools so ...Pagan2 said:
Yes but they will probably nationalise lots so should be ok in your book. I bet they will abolish private schools tookinabalu said:
Yep you were right on that one. It seemed to make sense to a rational way of thinking and so it proved. Perhaps the same will apply when it comes to reestablishing a Butlins for international terrorist gangs to prepare attacks on the West. That wouldn't be rational either so maybe it won't happen. Maybe they'll take a leaf from the Americans and concentrate on the home front. Make Afghanistan Great - aka a repressive and backward Islamic fundamentalist state - Again.pigeon said:When I left to make the dinner a while ago the discussion was actually on topic. How on Earth did it get back to the zillionth stupid mudslinging fest over another place?
Oh well, never mind. Just about the only good news about the Afghan debacle is it looks as if I may have been right when I said the Taliban had concluded it was in their interest to let the foreigners go in peace. The bad news is that I seem to recall seeing on the news earlier today that the RAF had so far managed to get 300 people out through the airport. Apparently there are 6,000 UK citizens and eligible Afghans awaiting rescue. This is far from ideal...1 -
Covid situation looking seriously bad in Bulgaria:
https://coronavirus.bg/bg/
Multiply numbers by 10 for UK equivalent.0 -
They mainly are. Although they have a long history of ethnic prejudice against them regardless of their religious views.another_richard said:
Weren't the Hazaras supposed to be very anti-Taliban as they are Shia ?Yokes said:
I did mention in a post last week about the hole in the who has control map where the Taliban were not in charge and that it was heavily Tajik. It didnt take a genius to work out that rapid melting away and re-assembly is not unusual in these situations.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, it was reported that large numbers of anti-Taliban forces, including Vice President Amrullah Saleh, were converging into the Panjshir Valley, the only area of Afghanistan not conquered by the Taliban, in order to create a new resistance front.[10][11][12]Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
On 17 August, unconfirmed reports of Afghans fleeing to the resistance have come through. Former ethnic Tajik soldiers of the Afghan army have also begun to arrive in support of the resistance with tanks and personnel carriers to the Panjshir valley.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_resistance
Not enough hard evidence yet that this amounts to an effective force that can expand into significant territory.
They are the third biggest ethnic group, but no one likes them. For reasons lost in time.0 -
Actually its Ahmad Massoud's territory. Whether he is going to the figure his father was only time will tell but the militia under his leadership have a long standing antipathy to the pure theocratic rule of the Taliban thatFloater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
There are rumours about Dotsum, a very long standing warlord being in on this as well. His occasional rival and also occasional ally Atta Nur is the one who hasnt been yet named. Both of them reportedly did a bunk over the border into one the Stans in the last week.
Nur was considered one of the ones who might organise quickly but didnt show. Dotsum may well have picked up fleeing ANA troops
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the return of the Islamic Emirate, stating that Afghans have "broken the shackles of slavery".[89][90][88] Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated that Pakistan would recognize a Taliban-led government in due time.[91] The Pakistani Representative to the United Nations referred to the government led by Ashraf Ghani as "a now defunct regime"[92] and criticized the participation of the Afghan representative appointed by Ghani at a meeting of the security council.[93]Leon said:
Women are better protected almost anywhere compared to Taliban Afghanistan. Only the worst bits of Pakistan comparedixiedean said:
Afghanistan as a single country is unsustainable. Parts need to be Iran. Parts Central Asian Stans. And parts Pakistan. Everyone would be much happier.Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
Apart from the women that is.
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Indeed but lead in any anti Taliban effort is lilkely to be strongly Tajikanother_richard said:
Weren't the Hazaras supposed to be very anti-Taliban as they are Shia ?Yokes said:
I did mention in a post last week about the hole in the who has control map where the Taliban were not in charge and that it was heavily Tajik. It didnt take a genius to work out that rapid melting away and re-assembly is not unusual in these situations.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, it was reported that large numbers of anti-Taliban forces, including Vice President Amrullah Saleh, were converging into the Panjshir Valley, the only area of Afghanistan not conquered by the Taliban, in order to create a new resistance front.[10][11][12]Floater said:Some at least are fighting the Talibs
https://twitter.com/TCG_CrisisRisks/status/1427753886706671619
Afghanistan: Much fighting between Taliban units and soldiers thought to be directed by Amrullah Saleh (Afghan Vice President who is still in the country and is pushing a resistance). Reports they recaptured Charikar district of Parwan province north of Kabul and want Bagram.
On 17 August, unconfirmed reports of Afghans fleeing to the resistance have come through. Former ethnic Tajik soldiers of the Afghan army have also begun to arrive in support of the resistance with tanks and personnel carriers to the Panjshir valley.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_resistance
Not enough hard evidence yet that this amounts to an effective force that can expand into significant territory.0 -
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I'm not sure that's the whole story. In fact, I think it's wrongheaded. Another reason might be that it is complex and not straightforward. When you meet an educated, erudite woman who has chosen to wear a hijab it is hard to argue that she has somehow been forced into wearing it. And there are plenty of educated, erudite women who wear them. Self-choice is a major strand of feminism (albeit one that is under some strain).MaxPB said:I think the whole "woe is women" thing is an issue because feminism has abandoned women in Islamic countries. Liberal feminists seem more bothered about their pro-nouns than FGM, women's rights under Sharia law and the atrocious rape culture that pervades the Middle East and South Asia.
The reason that Sarah Everard's death was so noteworthy was because she looked a lot like the BBC and Guardian feminists writing the articles. The reason young brown women in the Middle East are ignored is because liberals have decided that Muslims are a more oppressed class than women so no ill words about Muslims will be tolerated. Anyone dissenting will be summarily cancelled. So the Taliban, the Saudis, the women hating mullahs who require 7 male witnesses for a rape conviction are all deemed as more worthy than the women they oppress.
If people want to take up the cause of women in the Middle East condemned to a life of sexual violence and slave conditions then that's great. It starts with being realistic about who the oppressors really are, it's not men, it's certainly not anyone who frequents this place. It's religious nutcases who are continually enabled and excused by white, often female, liberals.
Another thing to note: FGM and forced marriages are not exclusively Muslim evils. FGM is as much by location (central/east Africa, with some in the Far East) as it is by religion. Even a Jewish group used to practice it. As for forced marriages: they occur in many countries, and are as much a cultural as a religious thing. In India, as an example, 18% of children are married before the age of 15 50% of child marriages in the world happen in India.. An adult friend of ours (a Christian Indian) was put under some rather nasty pressure by her family to marry a man of their choice - which she managed to avoid.
So: not all Muslims practice FGM and forced marriages; not all forced marriages and FGM is by Muslims. It is where culture and religion intersect.
So, in fact, it's not men who are the oppressors. Or a religion. It's an intersect of religion and culture, with culture being more important.
Complex, isn't it?
Another point is that the TERF wars in feminism are noisy and visible, but a great deal of more 'traditional' feminism campaigning occurs on issues including - yes - FGM and forced marriages.2 -
Have you any idea what 'too much information' means?Leon said:
Today I did absolutely nothing but drink, sleep, sunbathe, drink and masturbate. And halfway through I ate a bizarre salmon and quinoa salad which actually turned out to be quite delicious. So I had another wank then I watched two episodes of Anthony Bourdain and now I’m taking a load of darknet Valium with my Santorini wine so tomorrow I can work early then go see the PnyxMaxPB said:
Did you find a new source of flint?Leon said:
I wasn’t offended. But it was a boring shriek of anti-male hatred. So cyclefree can go f-ck herself. Literallykinabalu said:
I read it as a verbal kick by a pissed off woman against a world run by men. I wasn't offended.kle4 said:Cyclefree is no shrinking violet and I would think would not suggest she is immune from criticism. I wouldn't share IshmaelZ's response, but I would think it reasonable for anyone to object to being told what their own thoughts are, no matter how justifiably angry the person saying it is, and surely his point is fair to hold even if the manner of making it objected to? I dare say Cyclefree would object in no certain terms if told her statements meant other than she intended, but in fact meant something far more sinister.
Yes, people will say things, sincerely, about what they believe, yet their actions may be contrary to that. But fury, however righteous, doesn't mean that an accusation that words/actions X actually mean Y has to be automatically accepted.
All in all, a good day0
