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Originally Posted by oldtimer They are common in Jordan and Pakistan from what I've heard. Mainly, in poor countries, and it is common in the less educated socities.
Just to clarify Kays, the people who were kicking the girl were *not* muslims, they were Yazidis. The incident had no relation to Islam whatsoever, it was by a Yazidi group to a girl (I can't say for sure if she was still yazidi or she convered to her boyfriend's religion).
For the VT case, it is 100% relevant. You say he was a social outcast, and that was what most of sucide bombers were. The fact is that they either come very poor/uneducated families or they were lunatics living in their own heads.
If you lived in the middle east and seen how much oppression and shit is going on you will know that there is a lot more to it than what the media says. I really can't put it in perspective for you if you didn't live it yourself, I know the US very well, and I know exactly why you can't see it. My side of the world is just very different. |
Fair enough, I respect your opinion and take on things. You live in the middle east, so I'll take you for your word. With respect to the oppression in the middle east, I would assume that the fact that the middle east is full of oil and that a small percentage of the officials are getting filthy rich adds to the frustrations. I know people here in the states like to bash the rich and the oil companies, but by and large most americans are doing okay financially and are not living in filthy conditions. Despite popular belief, the US does take fairly good care of those less fortunate. It's got to be a hard pill to swallow when a Saudi who is barely getting by sees one of the Crown Princess' on TV showing off their 400 foot yacht or their car collection worth $50 million. A few weeks ago, they were showing the lifestyles of like the 20 richest people in the world and a couple of them were Arabs. They toys they had made me sick...and I'm an American who is used to seeing flashy things. It'd be nice to see some of these royal families take better care of their people, especially when they are sitting on trillions of dollars in oil.