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To: koan who wrote (280998)	10/18/2015 1:14:30 AM
From: koan	Respond to of 540743

I am almost finished with the book Malala, and I heard the movie which just came out this weekend is excellent. I'm so happy this woman survived. She is sort of another Mandela, or Martin Luther King. She knows how to lead people, she's smart as hell, tough as nails and very articulate. And her cause, in my opinion, is the cause of all causes: liberation and education of the females. I have moaned and groaned my whole life over my tribe, the liberals, hanging back way too often on issues of moral imperative, held back by some invisible contrived cultural norms and mores that somehow they feel take precedent over the suffering of girls and women. I can sort of understand it, but we need to buck up; and I respect the liberals, because I think when they seem a Malala's story, they will react to it in a rational way. The right wing, of course when they do the right thing it's invariably for the wrong reason. LIke invading the ME, per se. Liberals do the right thing for the right reason, and occasionally conservatives do the right thing, but always for the wrong reason. Anyway, I encourage everyone to either read the book go see the movie Malala. It is your civic duty :)>..

To: koan who wrote (280998)	10/18/2015 8:38:51 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540743

The most powerful country in the world is infested with Republicans, and left powerless.

To: koan who wrote (280998)	10/18/2015 9:00:27 AM
From: stsimon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540743

I agree that the Republican right has been bad for the country. However, the reason that the examples of good government you have given exist is that they all have relatively small or heterogeneous populations with adequate resources to meet the needs of their people. If you watch the reporting on the refugee crisis in Syria et al, many of those families have 8 to 10 children in a part of the world where those numbers are not sustainable today and will never be sustainable. It will not be far into the future when today will be looked at as the best of times. We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg of the calamities that await the poor around the world. The rich are able to insulate themselves from global warming, war, and mass migrations. Europe is well intentioned to try to help the refugees that are headed their way. Comparisons with the refugee crisis of WWII are quaint, but totally unrealistic. In the not too distant future we will be looking at refugee populations in the scores of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions. Many of the world's poor are headed back to the dark ages as they cling to religious fantasies and breed like rabbits. As for the United States setting an example for the world, we have never done that and we will not in the future. Our humans are just as flawed as everyone else's. That is why we have the separation of powers. The founding fathers knew their own limitations and those of future generations. IMHO.