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June 23, 2008

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The Taliban demonstrate once again their feminist cultural politics by issuing their latest burqa warning. Now Afghan women of all cultures and creeds can be liberated* from having to worry about issues like fashion or looks.

Taliban in the Mohmand Agency have warned women to either wear burqas or face punishment, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. The TTP has pasted posters announcing this in various parts of the agency, Express News reported. The posters ask women not to work in the fields and prohibit them from attending marriage ceremonies and visiting doctors and markets without a male escort.

* As opposed to being liberated by American force of arms, which is a totally different meaning of the word liberated which actually means being "free" to "choose" between Pepsi and Coke or "free" to "choose" whether to have a tall or grande decaf mocha-latte. Women of the world unite behind Taliban sympathizing feminists! You have nothing to lose but your face! And your right to vote, work independently of the home, leave your home without a male relative, your driver's license, adequate medical care, basic literacy or numeracy, a say in the care of your children, etc. etc. Not to worry: Olivia Chow will be on hand to mediate on your behalf.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 23, 2008 07:23 AM