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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 7, 2010 3:50:38 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQ_Gg17k3g&feature=relatedBeneath the Veil is a documentary filmed in Afghanistan not long before the Taliban was overthrown. The host, whose father was from pre-Taliban Afghanistan, takes many risks in order to expose the numerous human rights abuses that took place there under the former government's strict theocracy, focusing primarily upon women. She also investigates the effect these laws had on children, and interviews refugees living in Pakistan. It's a moving and thought-provoking documentary. Apologies if this has already been posted, but I felt it was worth sharing. Edit: Fixed the link. The rest of the series is linked from the first video.
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Post by kristine on Jun 8, 2010 8:39:33 GMT -5
scary - this is why I'm always surprised any woman with any self respect would fight for an organized religion. You really have to hate yourself or be brainwashed to look at these things and think this is Okay.
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Post by Ranger Joe on Jun 8, 2010 8:52:44 GMT -5
I was in the mountains of a not to be named Afgani province tracking a target. He was travelling with his wife and when I first scoped him he had just struck her with a riding crop. Yes..a riding crop normally used for camels. So I waited until he raised his hand again and re-painted the desert. I hate the human right's abuses that go on..women are treated merely as breeders and property which is a personal pet peeve of mine. Add violence to that mixture and it makes a very unhappy Ranger.
Just wait until the women get sick of it. You think angry men with guns are bad? Ask the Russians about how effective female snipers were during WW2. The Taliban fighters could have quite the problem on their hands. Let's hope it happens soon.
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Post by Vene on Jun 8, 2010 11:02:01 GMT -5
Just wait until the women get sick of it. You think angry men with guns are bad? Ask the Russians about how effective female snipers were during WW2. The Taliban fighters could have quite the problem on their hands. Let's hope it happens soon. There's been some fighting back from the women in Saudi Arabia, there's a thread around here somewhere on it. Hopefully it spreads to the other countries. |
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Post by Ranger Joe on Jun 8, 2010 12:32:42 GMT -5
Just wait until the women get sick of it. You think angry men with guns are bad? Ask the Russians about how effective female snipers were during WW2. The Taliban fighters could have quite the problem on their hands. Let's hope it happens soon. There's been some fighting back from the women in Saudi Arabia, there's a thread around here somewhere on it. Hopefully it spreads to the other countries. That would be epic. Simply Epic. |
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Post by kristine on Jun 8, 2010 14:24:22 GMT -5
Just wait until the women get sick of it. You think angry men with guns are bad? Ask the Russians about how effective female snipers were during WW2. The Taliban fighters could have quite the problem on their hands. Let's hope it happens soon. There's been some fighting back from the women in Saudi Arabia, there's a thread around here somewhere on it. Hopefully it spreads to the other countries. only the one woman that I heard of and we have to hope she doesn't disappear like the 8 university proffessors who tried to stage a protest by dimissing their drivers and driving across the city back in the 80s (? I think it was the 80s) |
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Post by Vene on Jun 8, 2010 14:29:12 GMT -5
There's been some fighting back from the women in Saudi Arabia, there's a thread around here somewhere on it. Hopefully it spreads to the other countries. only the one woman that I heard of and we have to hope she doesn't disappear like the 8 university proffessors who tried to stage a protest by dimissing their drivers and driving across the city back in the 80s (? I think it was the 80s) I know of two events, one woman armed and one unarmed. |
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Post by Tiger on Jun 8, 2010 14:37:48 GMT -5
Just wait until the women get sick of it. You think angry men with guns are bad? Ask the Russians about how effective female snipers were during WW2. The Taliban fighters could have quite the problem on their hands. Let's hope it happens soon. On the less cheery side of things, female concentration camp guards. |
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Post by Thejebusfire on Jun 8, 2010 14:45:45 GMT -5
Such oppression is horrible. It is good to see women standing up against it.
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Post by kristine on Jun 8, 2010 14:47:24 GMT -5
only the one woman that I heard of and we have to hope she doesn't disappear like the 8 university proffessors who tried to stage a protest by dimissing their drivers and driving across the city back in the 80s (? I think it was the 80s) I know of two events, one woman armed and one unarmed. must have been a very close relationship...  It's bad when even the governent thinks you too harsh. |
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Post by chad sexington on Jun 9, 2010 3:18:26 GMT -5
It's bad when even the governent thinks you too harsh. Probably because the Wahhabists have been actively trying to overthrow the "corrupt, decadent" saudi monarchy. |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 9, 2010 4:31:20 GMT -5
Personally, I think it's amazing (and horrifying) that the Taliban somehow managed to outdo the Saudi government in its mistreatment of women.
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Post by Paradox on Jun 9, 2010 10:02:07 GMT -5
scary - this is why I'm always surprised any woman with any self respect would fight for an organized religion. You really have to hate yourself or be brainwashed to look at these things and think this is Okay. Not all forms of organized religion are like the form practiced by the Taliban. That's... a generalization to say the least. |
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Post by kristine on Jun 9, 2010 12:23:21 GMT -5
scary - this is why I'm always surprised any woman with any self respect would fight for an organized religion. You really have to hate yourself or be brainwashed to look at these things and think this is Okay. Not all forms of organized religion are like the form practiced by the Taliban. That's... a generalization to say the least. Haven't met a holy book yet that doesn't have something nasty in it about women that some sect or another hasn't seized those bits and ran with them... Not saying everyone who is religious harps on them - just that many of the larger oraganizations do in one way or another. |
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Post by goonerboy on Jun 12, 2010 0:33:55 GMT -5
Guru Granth Sahib, as far as I know. Everything is equal in Sikhism, to my knowledge (I was taught it in year 7)
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