MHA Afghan Campaign: Far Exceeded Our Expectations

	posted by Scott on Tuesday December 11, @10:15PM from the news dept.
	The latest posting on the Men's Health America mailing list summarizes the substantial effect we've had in the campaign to raise awareness about the plight of Afghan men and the bias against them in the media. Special thanks to Ed and Neil, who tirelessly kept this campaign running. And it's not over yet - the end of the message reports that a new phase will be launched in January, and I will do my best to announce them here on Mensactivism.org.

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The Men's/Egalitarian Movement (Score:1) by Thomas on Tuesday December 11, @11:46PM EST (#1) (User #280 Info) We DO have a movement. It is now powerful and it is beautiful. (I have literally been dreaming for decades of this day.)

Times of Trenton, Too (Score:2) by frank h on Wednesday December 12, @10:59AM EST (#2) (User #141 Info) The following was published in the Times of Trenton (NJ) on Nov 29: On June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence included this passage: “he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery…” It proved to be the most controversial passage of the document. Southern delegates to the Continental Congress, led by Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, protested for the removal of this passage undertaking an all-night filibuster that nearly broke the alliance of the thirteen colonies. This controversy nearly thrashed the drive for independence permanently. Ultimately, the passage was removed and the unity of the colonies was preserved. In 1776, Jefferson and Adams reluctantly agreed, independence first, slavery next. But slavery did decline, and finally, in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation eliminated slavery in the United States. Ellen Goodman, in her column dated October 31, 2001, calls for the imposition of the American feminist agenda into the process of re-building the nation of Afghanistan. This is a divisive issue even within the United States, and when we consider how the Koran describes gender roles and how those roles are fulfilled in the most egalitarian of Islamic communities, we see that we are imposing values inconsistent with that faith. Goodman, and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) seem to have concluded that women are the only ones oppressed by the Taliban extremists, and they seem to have lost sight of the immediate need: stabilize the government and establish the rule of law. Women of Afghanistan are truly deprived, of health care and education and other things that the western world takes for granted. This is clearly a state of affairs that must be addressed. However, for an Islamic nation such as Afghanistan, imposition of the feminist agenda will prove to be as divisive and distracting as the earlier issue on slavery. Ultimately, Jefferson and Adams kept their eye in the ball: independence. Boxer and Goodman and the rest of the American feminists need to do the same.

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