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To: Elroy who wrote (233138)	5/17/2005 1:56:44 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572517

Meanwhile, the ME continues its slow progress toward modernity... Kuwait grants women the right to vote Kuwait City: Kuwaiti women were granted the right to vote and stand in elections in an amendment to the country's election law that parliament passed yesterday. gulf-news.com

To: Elroy who wrote (233138)	5/17/2005 1:07:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572517

""This is a decision by America to save itself. It comes because of American pressure. Even an ordinary illiterate peasant understands this and won't accept it."" I doubt an ordinary illiterate Pakistani peasant understands much about America. Peasantry and illiteracy don't tend to produce understanding of foreign countries; rather, they tend to produce ignorance. It seems to me that the abuses at abu Graib and Gitmo, and in Afghanistan undermine your theory that education breeds understanding.