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June 02, 2007

Ummm...

Duh.

Empowering Arab women would help prevent increased radicalism within Muslim society in Israel and the Middle East, according to Ephraim Halevy, a former head of the Mossad and the National Security Council.

"If women are truly empowered in politics and society and are thus allowed to become a major social force in the work place and within the family, the direction of the future of the Middle East will be much different than it is today," said Halevy...


Of course, since it's so much more exciting with the cat meat crazies running things...
A radical Islamic group in the Gaza Strip issued over the weekend a death threat against Palestinian women working for the official Palestinian Authority television station, accusing them of dressing immodestly and behaving in a way that violates the teachings of Islam.

The threat, the first of its kind against female employees of Palestine TV, was made by the Righteous Swords of Islam, a relatively new group that is believed to have links with al-Qaida.


...probably a normal, civilized world would be downright pedestrian. No more made-up, secret jihadi du jour clubs, with their goof ass names: "Swinging Sacred Swords of Shannara", "The Prophet's Purveyors of Sword Fish and Cat Meat Comestibles", or even "Dull Wilkinson Swords for Islam" for that matter.

Be a damn shame to lose all that.

Posted by tree hugging sister at June 2, 2007 04:45 PM

Comments

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at June 2, 2007 05:53 PM

Hmmm.

What's really curious is that while the US military may or may not be making a dent, US culture is certainly showing itself not only to be the most dominant on the planet but also the most corrosive. A discussion going on between myself a couple wargaming friends concerns the potential uses of intentionally using the more corrosive effects of American culture to destabilize and perhaps even destroy some of the more insulated and dictatorial countries.

An example would be North Korea where ignorance of the country's true condition compared to South Korea is what keeps the government in power. Many of the North Korean citizens really think that the rest of the world is in worse shape and that they are fortunate for Kim Jong Il's leadership.

The way to combat this is to drop 500,000+ water/weather resistant hand-cranked radios across North Korea capable of getting radio shows from South Korea. The many South Korean radio shows would be useful by themselves but they are targeted at fulfilling the needs of South Koreans, not destabilizing North Korea.

So the radios would have a number of presets programmed in that would cover all of the popular South Korean radio stations plus a couple VOA style radio stations intended to broadcast messages directly to the North Korean people.

One such message in that famine torn country would be how fat South Koreans are getting. How the North Korean government has been stealing food aid intended for civilians.

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So how do you defeat Islamic militarism across the globe? Free amateur porn ... from muslim women angry at the restrictions they live under. Post website addresses that muslim women can connect their webcams to and then let them do whatever kind of show they want. Make absolutely certain to edit the shows to blank out the faces and alter the voices, the intent is to encourage rebellious anti-social behavior by the young in rebellion to the autocratic nature of Islamic militarism.

The key to this is the ridiculous obsession that Islamic militarists have with sex, porn and women, even as they decry the negative influence of women and demand they cover up. Now most of this is happening already on many websites where muslim women do strip shows using their webcams for complete strangers. What I'm suggesting is to simply put these kinds of shows, with editing to safeguard the identities of the women involved, on free satellite television that anybody with a satellite dish can receive.

Not only will this drive the Islamic militarists nuts but I think it'll set up a situation where the Islamic militarists will be seeking a target that will be largely muslim in nature and so the Islamic hardliners will be forced to attack other muslims. And whenever that happens there is always a bad counter-reaction.

Posted by: memomachine at June 2, 2007 11:49 PM

Hmmm.

The other thing is to let this method of communication expand to cover more than just the amateur strip shows. While the strip shows will encourage male participation I figure some women will figure out quickly that any social or political messages they want to distribute will also work in the same system and that their identities will still continue to be protected.

Part of the power of the highly restrictive forms of Islam is that the normal channels for communication are cut off. It's a situation that conservatives found themselves early on in the pre-talk radio days. I was a conservative then, but I always felt alone because the only sources of media I had, newspapers, radio and television, all reflected the liberal point of view. But when talk radio, and now the internet, came on the scene I realized that I wasn't alone and that collectively we all had great power.

Posted by: memomachine at June 3, 2007 12:00 AM

"If women are truly empowered"

I guess this means they can try to block the blows of the beatings.

Posted by: Skul at June 3, 2007 01:09 AM

From that second link:

"If necessary, we will behead and slaughter to preserve the spirit and morals of our people."

Obviously the "beatings will continue until morale improves" schtick wasn't cutting it. And then there's the last paragraph:


Separately, masked gunmen blew up large parts of the Sheikh Zayed Cafeteria in Gaza City on Saturday morning. No group claimed responsibility, but PA security sources said they did not rule out the possibility that the place had been targeted by extremist Muslims.


Yeah, I wouldn't rule that out either(/Sarcasm).


Posted by: Dave E. at June 3, 2007 11:31 AM