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Originally Posted by Ferd
in particular, as we are discussing the situation associated with the liked story from SLATE, we have a situation in this freedom loving nation that they are trying to correct.
Lets suppose that IN AMERICA there was a population of people, living nomadically within the boarders of this country on land that was not "owned" by anyone and these same people lived a subsistance poverty stricken existance. And they refused to allow their children to attend any schools. In particular, they kept their daughters illiterate on purpose, utterly without any education and utterly dependant on a domanant male population. These girls were given away in marriage at ages as young as 12 or 13.
What would be the sentiment? Would be be wringing our hands about "taking their land" which they do not own. Would we be upset that these peoples "way of life" was being exterminated?
Or would we put a stop to the utter horror of what they were doing?
Do we really care that these people have been living this way since the middle ages or before? Do we really care about that?
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No, we'd really not care to the extent we do. It's really about the oil. I mean, look at poverty stricken equatorial Africa. If the oil was in equatorial Africa to the extent it's in the middle east, we'd be more interested in equatorial Africa.
The politics of the area is oil driven, not religious driven.
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