Some of the things which happen in the middle east are horrifying, though we in the west are largely to blame, for screwing up Iran's monarchy so much that a revolution could take place, our sponsoring of religious rebels during the cold war, and as far back as our poor handling of Israel's formation, leading to events which incited even more conflict and religious extremism...
As I so often point out - making a big deal of something causes more problems than it solves. This massive overemphasis on "Celebrating different cultures" we have here right now is the main reason the BNP ever managed to win seats, since it emphasises that "these people are different to you", in turn making people react on instinct, sometimes people who would otherwise not have cared one way or the other. If you ignore differences between people, they tend to be more accepting of what we all have in common. It's certainly something I see affecting us as well. I see far more cases of violence or reactionist anger against transexuals occur to those who make a song and dance at pride events than to those of us who live stealth and are simply accepted as women/men (Usually women, I only know one FTM)...
I imagine had Iran been able to continue developing as a more progressive nation, eventually their success would have slowly bled into neighbouring nations eager to get in on it.
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11-24-2009
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