February 2012
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whoa that previous post was my 5000th post
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The causes of the protests in Afghanistan
Most American media accounts and commentary about the ongoing violent anti-American protests in Afghanistan depict their principal cause as anger over the burning of Korans (it’s just a book: why would people get violent over it?) — except that Afghans themselves keep saying things like this:
Protesters in Kabul interviewed on the road and in front of Parliament said that this was not the...
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“There’s a very pleasurable feeling that comes from making stuff. You get...”
– Woody Allen
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“I live near all the museums so I go to all of them. I’m ubiquitous at the...”
– Woody Allen
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