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Fljotsdale · 10-26-2001, 05:40 PM

Thanks for all your responses people! Sorry I wasn't hear to join in, but I had to go to rehearsal right after i posted.
Anyway - too many posts to go through and answer individually, so I'll just mention poits I remember from them, ok?

The translation thing - its ok, Cloudy - I don't speak Afghani! Anyway - I can see it is a definite possibility. However the fact that the majority seemed totally ignorant of events and reasons says a lot, I think.
I didn't think the 'castle' was the WTC - I thought it was the Pentagon, since it is the headquarters of the military, like a castle. But who knows? The man may not have known himself.

But the thing that impacted on me so much was that WE see THEM - but most of THEM do not see US. So they imagine us with a lifestyle similar to theirs, only richer. Regardless of whether 'castle' was a poor translation or not - and I should think the translator was very familiar with English and Afghani (he sounded very fluent) - the fact that they believed we had lost 'many animals', such as the herds they have themselves, would suggest that do not see images of the way we live and imagine us as like them (sorry for the convoluted sentence!). I found that a shock. It was like someone hitting me on the back of the head with a blackjack. It screwed me up.

Yes, some of them know perfectly well what is going on - but the general populace.

The Afghani women's group - yes they are still going strong. Some are in Britain at the moment - I caught the tail-end of an interview with some of them on radio a day or so back. Most are still in Afghan though, but how they are getting on is anyone's guess. Pity I didn't get all the interview.

We ARE hitting the ordinary Afghans, though, even if we don't want to. An aid depot was targetted today, destroying food and tents and stuff. And we are targetting their infrastructure, such as it is. Such as the Russians and their own internal conflicts have left. And we still don't have bin Laden. And the Taliban captured and killed someone - cant remember his name - that the US hoped would rally people into an internal resistance and help form a new Afghan govt. The bombing isn't working. It is killing and doing damage for nothing so far as i can see at the moment.

Sorry if I didn't remember everything you posted, people! I don't agree with all of it - surprise, lol! - but some of it helped me get my feelings in better perspective, and it was all interesting. Thanks!

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10-26-2001, 05:40 PM	#16
Fljotsdale Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Birmingham, West Mid\'s, England Age: 88 Posts: 2,859	Thanks for all your responses people! Sorry I wasn't hear to join in, but I had to go to rehearsal right after i posted. Anyway - too many posts to go through and answer individually, so I'll just mention poits I remember from them, ok? The translation thing - its ok, Cloudy - I don't speak Afghani! Anyway - I can see it is a definite possibility. However the fact that the majority seemed totally ignorant of events and reasons says a lot, I think. I didn't think the 'castle' was the WTC - I thought it was the Pentagon, since it is the headquarters of the military, like a castle. But who knows? The man may not have known himself. But the thing that impacted on me so much was that WE see THEM - but most of THEM do not see US. So they imagine us with a lifestyle similar to theirs, only richer. Regardless of whether 'castle' was a poor translation or not - and I should think the translator was very familiar with English and Afghani (he sounded very fluent) - the fact that they believed we had lost 'many animals', such as the herds they have themselves, would suggest that do not see images of the way we live and imagine us as like them (sorry for the convoluted sentence!). I found that a shock. It was like someone hitting me on the back of the head with a blackjack. It screwed me up. Yes, some of them know perfectly well what is going on - but the general populace. The Afghani women's group - yes they are still going strong. Some are in Britain at the moment - I caught the tail-end of an interview with some of them on radio a day or so back. Most are still in Afghan though, but how they are getting on is anyone's guess. Pity I didn't get all the interview. We ARE hitting the ordinary Afghans, though, even if we don't want to. An aid depot was targetted today, destroying food and tents and stuff. And we are targetting their infrastructure, such as it is. Such as the Russians and their own internal conflicts have left. And we still don't have bin Laden. And the Taliban captured and killed someone - cant remember his name - that the US hoped would rally people into an internal resistance and help form a new Afghan govt. The bombing isn't working. It is killing and doing damage for nothing so far as i can see at the moment. Sorry if I didn't remember everything you posted, people! I don't agree with all of it - surprise, lol! - but some of it helped me get my feelings in better perspective, and it was all interesting. Thanks! ------------------ 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."