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Fljotsdale · 10-26-2001, 01:09 PM

I've just been listening to the radio and a reporter was talking to Afghani citizens in Northern Afghan. He was trying to find out what they thought of the bombing of their country and the reasons for it, and whether they had heard US broadcasts on a new radio station. (None of them had).
Anyway. He asked if they knew what had happened in the US to provoke the bombing. Most didn't know, but knew it was to do with bin Laden. Two people seemed to have some idea:
One said bin Laden 'broke a castle and killed many people'.
The other said he had 'killed many people and their animals'.

I knew they did not have anything like a Western culture, but I thought they had SOME access to the media! This was not a village in the back of beyond but a sizeable town! But they are seeing us with castles and livestock - like the middle ages! Like themselves.
Guys - these people shouldn't be subjected to the might of the Western world!
Their leaders might know what is going on, and Bin Laden certainly does, but the ordinary Afghanis are poor peasants still living in middle-ages conditions for the most part, with absolutely no comprehension of what is going on or the reasons for it.
Oh people - I am in a state of shock here.
The pictures you see on tv don't tell you half as much about Afghan as those few words spoken by those two men.

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10-26-2001, 01:09 PM	#1
Fljotsdale Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England Age: 88 Posts: 2,859	I've just been listening to the radio and a reporter was talking to Afghani citizens in Northern Afghan. He was trying to find out what they thought of the bombing of their country and the reasons for it, and whether they had heard US broadcasts on a new radio station. (None of them had). Anyway. He asked if they knew what had happened in the US to provoke the bombing. Most didn't know, but knew it was to do with bin Laden. Two people seemed to have some idea: One said bin Laden 'broke a castle and killed many people'. The other said he had 'killed many people and their animals'. I knew they did not have anything like a Western culture, but I thought they had SOME access to the media! This was not a village in the back of beyond but a sizeable town! But they are seeing us with castles and livestock - like the middle ages! Like themselves. Guys - these people shouldn't be subjected to the might of the Western world! Their leaders might know what is going on, and Bin Laden certainly does, but the ordinary Afghanis are poor peasants still living in middle-ages conditions for the most part, with absolutely no comprehension of what is going on or the reasons for it. Oh people - I am in a state of shock here. The pictures you see on tv don't tell you half as much about Afghan as those few words spoken by those two men. ------------------ Here be Dragons! Proud to be Dubbed Queen of the Illuminati by Diogenes. "If I say something to you and it can be taken two ways, and one of those ways upsets you...I meant the other one."