Subj : Iraq and Democracy
To   : Daemon
From : Daemon
Date : Sat Oct 15 2005 15:02:00

  Re: Iraq and Democracy
  By: Daemon to Frank Reid on Sat Oct 15 2005 12:40 pm

 >  > "Today, I came to vote because I am tired of terrorists, and I want the 
 >  > country to be safe again," said Zeinab Sahib, a 30-year-old mother of thr
 >  > one of the first voters in the mainly Shiite Baghdad neighborhood of Karr
 >  > "This constitution means unity and hope."
 > 
 >   *drums fingers*  Not to be an eternal pessimist, but...  1)  that sounds a
 > bit contrived, perhaps coached (too many administrative catch words/phrases
 > packed into such a small statement) and 2) it's not indicative of the standa
 > subservient-female model of the culture in general.  

  I know it's bad form to quote one's self, but an addition to this reply
didn't make it in before a net callout sent the *.REP pack.

  Along with 2), above:  We're also led to believe that this woman has been
released from her "bee-keeper" suit and seamlessly embraced a blossoming
universal acceptance of democracy, exactly opposite to the structure of life
that existed before when she quite possibly would have been beaten for
expressing her point of view as if she was a man.
 
  Sorry, but that's just not realistic.  

  Not as an example of universal opinion across genders, certainly and perhaps
not even as an example of even the female point of view, who still have to live
among men recently stripped of the power of publicly-displayed
socially-acceptable dominance.

  Care to place a bet regarding whether or not the new-found "freedom" of the
Iraqi women extends out of the sight of security forces and media outlets
behind the doors of their homes?

       [daemon]                 
       In the shuffling madness...      


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