The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
I've been listening to the radio and hearing more and more noise about the Taliban in Afghanistan... just the stories that one can find on the Taliban are enough to make one wonder...
The articles mentioned above are just the tip of the ice-berg. CNN has an excellent special report on the Taliban, which is really worth looking at to get a sense of the insanity that still prevails in some parts of the world.
Their "Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice" has got to be the most ridiculous form of beaurocracy that I have ever heard of. In fact it puts the word beaurocracy to shame. Because this is not just government meddling in people's live, but it is a clear and outright suppression of basic human rights. Come on... banning the Net? How can anyone live without the Net!! ...okay, bad joke, but seriously...
What is happening in Afghanistan is akin to what happened in Germany prior to the World War II. In fact, in some ways it seems even more extreme. but since Afghanistan is one of those countries whose economy has been decimated over the past 20 years of stupidity and insanity that has prevailed in that nation and therefor it has little to no impact on the global economy, you don't hear much about it at all. There is all this talk about human rights abuse in China, but very little with regards to what is happening in Afghanistan. Because China has an impact on the global economy and Afghanistan doesn't matter.
Unimaginable that in this day and age, things like this can still happen. But then again, if Adolf Hitler could convince so many people to follow his screwed up belief system, what's preventing some Islamic fundamentalist in Afghanistan from doing the same?
- Photos document destruction of Afghan Buddhas - CNN, March 12, 2001
- Taleban move to make Afghan Hindus wear ID Badges - CNN, May 22, 2001
- Taliban Orders Foreign Women to Stop Driving in Afghanistan - News.com, May 31, 2001
- Taliban kisses goodbye to lipstick, movies - CNN, July 19, 2001
- Internet latest target for Taliban - CNN, August 26, 2001
- Afghanistan bars Web use - News.com, August 27, 2001
The articles mentioned above are just the tip of the ice-berg. CNN has an excellent special report on the Taliban, which is really worth looking at to get a sense of the insanity that still prevails in some parts of the world.
Their "Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice" has got to be the most ridiculous form of beaurocracy that I have ever heard of. In fact it puts the word beaurocracy to shame. Because this is not just government meddling in people's live, but it is a clear and outright suppression of basic human rights. Come on... banning the Net? How can anyone live without the Net!! ...okay, bad joke, but seriously...
What is happening in Afghanistan is akin to what happened in Germany prior to the World War II. In fact, in some ways it seems even more extreme. but since Afghanistan is one of those countries whose economy has been decimated over the past 20 years of stupidity and insanity that has prevailed in that nation and therefor it has little to no impact on the global economy, you don't hear much about it at all. There is all this talk about human rights abuse in China, but very little with regards to what is happening in Afghanistan. Because China has an impact on the global economy and Afghanistan doesn't matter.
Unimaginable that in this day and age, things like this can still happen. But then again, if Adolf Hitler could convince so many people to follow his screwed up belief system, what's preventing some Islamic fundamentalist in Afghanistan from doing the same?
posted by sneaker @ 7:12 AM
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