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View original postThere's nothing new here, a fairly stale blend of ultra-nationalism and religious zealotry born from preferring to view one's culture as utterly superior in spite of its rampant poverty and the position as a leper in the world achieved through whitewashing history to paint some past Utopia smashed by foreign greed, jealousy, and general wickedness.
View original postI'm wondering now if this is a common thing among the Taliban, this misguided nostalgia for the days of united India - under Muslim rulers, to be sure. In a country like Pakistan, with its rocky (to say the least) history with India, that's kind of interesting. I remember having read something about the subtleties of India's relations with the Taliban before, but sadly I can't remember now what it was.
India was the loudest critic of the Taliban before 2001, when they managed to piss off just about everyone. The Taliban had heavy ties to Kashmiri insurgents.
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View original postIt is amazing though how many similarities it has to various other fringe groups' ravings. Let's see, Jews evil, check, homeland was a golden Utopia before colonialism/immigration occurred, check, vaccinations evil control mechanism, check.
View original postYeah, that is kind of funny.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
So for those who remember Malala Yousafzai (and if you don't, you should)...
- 18/07/2013 09:32:51 PM
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I like how he criticises the motives of present-day secular education based on a quote from 1835.
- 18/07/2013 11:26:24 PM
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Well there's some common threads with other rationalizations to be sure
- 18/07/2013 11:37:36 PM
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What intrigued me was all the talk of "India".
- 19/07/2013 12:10:25 AM
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It definitely caught the eye
- 19/07/2013 12:47:20 AM
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