Afghanastan terrorist attacks on school girls

[Ziploc Surprise]

This is the second poisoning attack on school girls recently. All I can sat is that the chicken ass terrorists are afraid of what could happen to their pathetic little world if females are educated. Cowards.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/asia...index.html

[kılıç_mehmet]

I'm not sure of that. Terrorists in my country do the same, but they attack the school teachers, for they are sent by our fascist government to indoctrinate children not to join their ranks.
The same concept is applicable here. I'm not sure how many girls actually go to school(Which is probably an all-girls school), but I'm fairly certain that the Taliban is doing these as a countermeasure, for they have their own schools where females are educated, but not in the way they are in schools of the recognized Afghanistan government. It is obvious that government schools are more popular with the native populace than the schools of the Taliban, which really puts the future of the children in jeopardy, and people are more willing to send their children there. I think the attacks are there to force people to send their children to Taliban schools or not send them to school at all.
Besides, I think this topic should be under politics&history subsection.

[Gambit]

Poisoning, pfft. Here are three of my Catholic nieces being attacked with blast bombs on their way to school in a Protestant area in Belfast, Northern Ireland. There are underlying reasons for the original conflict, but to throw blast bombs at a crowd of children, is inexcusable.

[Brian37]

If Ireland didn't have Catholics or Protestants there wouldn't be an beef. The same shit is the same shit no matter what part of the world you are in and RELIGION is the cause.

[kılıç_mehmet]

If Ireland didn't have Catholics or Protestants there wouldn't be an beef. The same shit is the same shit no matter what part of the world you are in and RELIGION is the cause.

Ah. So you think that the beef is not in ethnic, but in religious nature. I think you're short sighted, and have no real knowledge of what really matters for a people.
In theory, they both worship the same God. But in reality, one side is loyal to his own kindred in Ireland, who are catholics, while the other side is loyal to the British Crown, and the Anglican Church, whose head of the state is the Queen.
Even if there was no religious seperation, you can be fairly sure that people will find new reasons to kill eachother.

[Gambit]

If Ireland didn't have Catholics or Protestants there wouldn't be an beef. The same shit is the same shit no matter what part of the world you are in and RELIGION is the cause.

Unfortunately that is not the case here, Brian. There's an old joke:

A stranger walks into a Belfast bar. One of the regulars steps up and asks "Are you a catholic or a protestant?" The guy replies, Neither, I'm Jewish", so the regular asks again "Are you a catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew?"

Here it is all to do with politics. Religions gets pulled into it as a matter of history.

Edit: Fuck me, Mehmet got it 100%, spot on.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

@Gringo

Um, wasn't that tin 2002? The theme from Harry's Game is a nice touch.

[Gambit]

@padraic. 2001, I think. My niece, who is shown a few times in the video, is at Queens University now.