Minimalist Wrote:what I think of Afghan "culture."
I know you meant this by putting it in quotes, but the use of the word 'culture' to describe the Afghanis is akin to calling a pile of shit 'diamonds.'
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell