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Nobel Peace Prize

bluecat*dancing — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:38:28 GMT

Congratulations to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-10/nobel-peace-prize-satyarthi-yousafzai-win/5805232

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

lightningdance — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:09:31 GMT

What a brave and courageous woman. Women all over the world should be grateful to this young woman.

Shot in the head by the radical islamic Taliban just for trying to get an education and standing up for girls and women all over the world and their plight to try to get an education.

Makes the prize Obama got look like what it was, a political prize for attaining high office because of his ethnicity.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

bluecat*dancing — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:08:28 GMT

Malala is a very determined and inspirational girl.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

horizon1907 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:26:24 GMT

Utterly Inspirational Woman is an understatement. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

tasfleur — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:44:38 GMT

Fantastic! I am overjoyed about who received it, it's excellent and a choice for the right time and place.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

i-need-a-martini — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:59:10 GMT

It's fantastic. Brave intelligent girl deserves to be recognised.

What is even more fantastic is that she has managed it even though she wears clothing that "oppresses" her.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

polksaladallie — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:13:08 GMT

And no man is forcing her to wear it. I doubt that she would allow anyone to force her to do anything.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

lightningdance — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:22:29 GMT

@i-need-a-martini wrote:
It's fantastic. Brave intelligent girl deserves to be recognised.

What is even more fantastic is that she has managed it even though she wears clothing that "oppresses" her.

wow, even this is not beyond a cheap, shot. does she wear a burqa ? no she doesn't! a disgraceful comment.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

j*oono — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:41:55 GMT

@lightningdance wrote:
What a brave and courageous woman. Women all over the world should be grateful to this young woman.

Shot in the head by the radical islamic Taliban just for trying to get an education and standing up for girls and women all over the world and their plight to try to get an education.

Makes the prize Obama got look like what it was, a political prize for attaining high office because of his ethnicity.

Talk about cheap shots.

Applause to such an amazing young woman.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

lightningdance — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:45:36 GMT

@j*oono wrote:
@lightningdance wrote:
What a brave and courageous woman. Women all over the world should be grateful to this young woman.

Shot in the head by the radical islamic Taliban just for trying to get an education and standing up for girls and women all over the world and their plight to try to get an education.

Makes the prize Obama got look like what it was, a political prize for attaining high office because of his ethnicity.
Talk about cheap shots.

Applause to such an amazing young woman.

Nothing cheap out it, the world knows why he got it, even he was embarrassed.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

i-need-a-martini — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:54:19 GMT

I'll tell you what is a cheap shot lightning - that we (westerners sitting on our behinds) can spend 3 weeks arguing and making assumptions on here about how oppressed muslim women are because they cover up in the guise that 'we' are being politically helpful instead of using the issue of dress as a foil to our own prejudices.

And yet here is this girl who knows and has fought oppression in the areas that matter. But I doubt she would take off her coverings if she had a choice.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

polksaladallie — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:54:50 GMT

http://girltalkhq.com/while-you-were-sleeping-malala-was-creating-a-literacy-app-for-girls/

This garment that Malala wears is designed so that the shayla can be used to cover the face at appropriate times. As in this photo.

Not much different from a burqa/niqab. But as someone here doesn't believe, burqas are not commonly worn in Pakistan.

This is the family of Malala, typical of Pakistani attire.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

i-need-a-martini — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:56:35 GMT

And the only difference between her abala/hijab and the burka/niqab is a veil across her eyes.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

lightningdance — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:00:23 GMT

@i-need-a-martini wrote:
I'll tell you what is a cheap shot lightning - that we (westerners sitting on our behinds) can spend 3 weeks arguing and making assumptions on here about how oppressed muslim women are because they cover up in the guise that 'we' are being politically helpful instead of using the issue of dress as a foil to our own prejudices.

And yet here is this girl who knows and has fought oppression in the areas that matter. But I doubt she would take off her coverings if she had a choice.

You made the cheap shot, you carried on your argument from another thread and now you are on here lecturing what others should do about "their" opinions which don't gell with yours, using the issue of dress as a foil to our own prdjudices?? look to yourself.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

i-need-a-martini — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:09:01 GMT

I won't argue muslim dress on this thread because it takes away from the intent of the thread. However you are welcome to discuss it on the new thread I just started.

But my comment was a pertinent obervation under the current poitical climate.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

lightningdance — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:42:08 GMT

You are the one who brought muslim attire onto this thread to make a cheap shot.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

polksaladallie — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:49:50 GMT

Quite appropriate. Malala is working hard to allow girls and women to free themselves from oppression, and that includes attire.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

goldenjet16 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:58:48 GMT

What a brave and courageous woman. Women all over the world should be grateful to this young woman.

"Shot in the head by the radical islamic Taliban just for trying to get an education and standing up for girls and women all over the world and their plight to try to get an education.

Makes the prize Obama got look like what it was, a political prize for attaining high office because of his ethnicity."

Well said! And the truth about the Pres.... Still don't know what he did to win the Nobel prize.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

i-need-a-martini — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:06:00 GMT

@goldenjet16 wrote:

Well said! And the truth about the Pres.... Still don't know what he did to win the Nobel prize.

He recieved his Nobel for global politics and in particular for his arms contril negotiations in relation to nuclear disarmament.

Re: Nobel Peace Prize

goldenjet16 — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:17:24 GMT

🙂 really.... I was being sarcastic I know what he won it for. Global politics? seems we're right back to where we started because of him.

Please don t tell me about our pres who is from the same crooked city I'm from.