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Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« on: February 19, 2013, 12:08:49 am »
So I recently heard about this woman named Fawzia Koofi who is running for president in Afghanistan what do you guys think about it heres a bit from an article about her on CNN.

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The mother with an important but dangerous job sat down to write a goodbye letter to her two young daughters. Just in case, she thought. The Taliban could get lucky this time and finally kill her.
Fawzia Koofi, who is campaigning for the presidency of Afghanistan, began by writing this to her 10- and 12-year-old.
"Today I am going on political business to Faizabad and Darwaz. I hope I will come back soon and see you again, but I have to say that perhaps I will not."
If she didn't come home, she wrote little Shuhra and Shaharzad, they should take their mother's advice on how to get on without her.
"First," she wrote, "don't forget me."
Finish school, live independently, stay with your aunt, study abroad. All the money their mother has in the bank, it's all theirs. Spend it wisely, on school.
"A girl needs an education if she is to excel in this man's world."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/world/fawzia-koofi-afghanistan-president

I think this is great I just hope the Taliban does not kill her.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2013, 12:11:32 am »
I wish I could buy an armed guard to protect her.  Best of luck to her.
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 12:13:10 am »
Good luck to her. That takes serious friggin' guts.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2013, 12:15:01 am »
She's got to be one of the bravest people alive, surely. I don't care about policy, I'd vote for her pure courage alone. And the symbol it'd be.
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2013, 12:24:51 am »
Yeah it takes a lot of guts to essentially make yourself a walking talking target for a bunch of religious nut jobs who would sooner kill you than talk to you, but I think that if she were to die (goddess forbid) she would most likely hurt their cause than help it since she would probably become a martyr in the eyes of millions of Afghan women.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2013, 12:31:58 am »
BINGO!

Ironbite-and that's exactly why the Taliban will kill her...and then be ripped apart by thousands of angry women.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2013, 01:31:47 am »
She's going to die, I think.  And I'm sure she knows it.  That takes tremendous courage.
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2013, 01:47:19 am »
Yeah it takes a lot of guts to essentially make yourself a walking talking target for a bunch of religious nut jobs who would sooner kill you than talk to you, but I think that if she were to die (goddess forbid) she would most likely hurt their cause than help it since she would probably become a martyr in the eyes of millions of Afghan women.

I actually doubt that.
While the taliban are the small minority that would actually bother to go so far as to kill her, the majority of the men in those countries are strongly against women in politics in general. Most would see it as her getting her just reward for daring to step into the role of a man.

I respect her for her bravery and willingness to stand up for the rights of women. If she manages to survive it will be only one part of her success. She will have to fight for respect and to even have just her voice heard in a world dominated by men. I do not envy her. I do not think I would have the strength to withstand the level of abuse she is setting herself up for.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2013, 02:13:44 am »
I saw her on the Daily show, she seems brave and has already survived assasination attempts.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2013, 02:21:27 am »
Good luck to her. That takes serious friggin' guts.
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2013, 02:39:06 am »
She has my vote.
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2013, 07:07:46 am »
Best of luck to her.  Also is it strange I see misogyny as a natural byproduct of anarchy

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2013, 07:24:08 am »
*twitch*. Not... anarchy. *twitch*
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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2013, 07:28:55 am »
She won't last a month.

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Re: Woman running for president in Afghanistan
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2013, 07:33:18 am »
That was actually in response to the evil muslim comments (not here).  I view Afganistan at the moment (thanks to us funding the Taliban) as anarchic
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