June 2012
23 posts
“I know you’re still young but I want you to understand and learn this now....”
– Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns (via chaishiiirin)
'THEY SAY YOU, I SAY 'US'
vera-of-devonshire:
They say war
I say peace
They scream terrorism
I hear conspiracies
They laugh ‘religions’
I cry one faith
They praise material
I praise humanity
They show luxuries
I see starvation
They blame my people
I blame selfness
They want power
I want equality
They worship money
I worship God
They elected Obama
I voted Mandela
They call third-world
I call hope
They...
HamidKarzai: Afghan women today →
hamidkarzai:
I’ve been reading so much about afghan women lately and been amongts them since the first time I opened my eyes. However there is one very controversial thing I found in the history of Afghanistan, apart from feminist mvts such as RAWA and some afghan women demonstrations, Afghan women do not want their rights as much as they should. I do accept the fact that they are strong women...
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“I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As...”
– - An anti-capitalist veteran (via elitc)
I never want to berate or belittle soldiers in the Armed Forces, because I know most of them join the military out of a lack of options, but what they do is not heroic. Saying “soldiers are heroes” would be implying that American imperialism is in any way,...
