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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (17531)	6/29/2001 7:51:42 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

So the mothers of the Taleban men are accountable for the behaviour of their sons? I do hope you realize that the Taleban are a quite recent phenomenon: when the current generation of Taleban men were born and raised, there were no Taleban women. The combination of social, cultural, and historical factors that generates extremist fanaticism is complex, and takes different forms in different places. Was Hitler's mother responsible for Hitler? Or should we blame the mothers of those who followed him? I gaurantee that if you know the mother you know the son. It seems that you don't think much of fathers....

To: one_less who wrote (17531)	6/29/2001 10:09:22 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

You said: I gaurantee that if you know the mother you know the son. That doesn't leave much room for paternal influence. I also think that whatever you read about Afghan culture is overlooking a good deal. This is a culture where being a warrior is the highest aspiration a man can have, and where boys are taught to use arms from early childhood. Are they learning this from mommy? I doubt it. The Afghan boy wants to be like Father, just like most other boys on the planet.