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To: zonder who wrote (187459)	4/30/2004 9:24:10 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572877

In the book Reading Lolita In Tehran girls being married off at nine or 13 have nothing but fear for the future. Unlike the 13 year old pregnancies in the west, the young girls in Iran are being married off and forced to have sex with men that are generally, at least, twice their age, and who they are fearful of. The book makes it sound like rape. But things may have changed now, the ladies in Iran in the 70s were quite liberal minded (as depicted in the book -- they hate what they see is happening to male thinking and the rise of religion in government), but religious fanaticism in the last twenty years, perhaps, has killed the female spirit there.

To: zonder who wrote (187459)	4/30/2004 4:19:37 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572877

I am not saying I want PA "to vanquish Israel". I am only saying Palestinians have the right to live free from oppression just like Israelis. And sorry but no amount of "it's their leaders' fault" is changing the fact that it is Israel oppressing Palestinians and stealing the land they live on settlement by settlement. This statement needs to be yelled from every tree top in the US........and it should be required reading for all US presidents. Until we recognize this principle, we will always be on the 'wrong' side in this dispute.......not saying necessarily that we should defend the Palestinians but rather being strategically neutral would be much better. ted