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Started by mongers, September 10, 2011, 06:47:07 PM

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mongers

September 10, 2011, 06:47:07 PM
10 years on many Afghans haven't heard about the events of 9/11, a photographer and US soldiers try to explain to ordinary Afghans, soldiers and policemen why they're in Afghanistan.

Video is just 5 minutes long:

http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/display/playlistref/100911/clipid/100911_4onafghan911
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CountDeMoney

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September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

sbr

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September 10, 2011, 08:25:03 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

:yes:

Ideologue

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September 10, 2011, 09:24:53 PM
So the average Afghan is ignorant, isolated, and probably fundamentally stupid?  I already knew that.
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PDH

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September 10, 2011, 09:32:25 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 10, 2011, 09:24:53 PM
So the average Afghan is ignorant, isolated, and probably fundamentally stupid?  I already knew that.
Just like people in Arkansas.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
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Eddie Teach

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September 10, 2011, 10:36:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

They would also harp on the fact that the criminals responsible were Saudi nationals.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

CountDeMoney

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September 10, 2011, 10:37:42 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 10, 2011, 10:36:53 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

They would also harp on the fact that the criminals responsible were Saudi nationals.

No they wouldn't, because they wouldn't know what the fuck a Saudi is.

Martinus

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September 11, 2011, 02:35:54 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

Why would they care? How many people here care that in the current bout of famine, nearly 30,000 Somali children died so far?

Habsburg

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September 11, 2011, 02:56:16 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 11, 2011, 02:35:54 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 10, 2011, 06:54:21 PM
They don't know and, quite frankly even if they did, they wouldn't care.

Why would they care? How many people here care that in the current bout of famine, nearly 30,000 Somali children died so far?

Eddie Teach

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September 11, 2011, 02:58:20 AM
I'm sorry, without context, Meryl's expression is telling me nothing.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Martinus

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September 11, 2011, 02:59:23 AM
Well, I don't care either - I'm just grated by American exceptionalism.

Martinus

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September 11, 2011, 02:59:54 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 11, 2011, 02:58:20 AM
I'm sorry, without context, Meryl's expression is telling me nothing.

You havent seen the movie???

Tonitrus

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September 11, 2011, 03:00:07 AM
Somali famines have been done to death.

Habsburg

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September 11, 2011, 03:01:21 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 11, 2011, 02:59:23 AM
Well, I don't care either - I'm just grated by American exceptionalism.

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Martinus

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September 11, 2011, 03:06:56 AM
This thing is getting old.
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