Such a beautiful picture, that speaks louder than words!

[Playinghardball]

[rwork]

1. Thanks

For posting. There are many good people in the world.

[Control-Z]

2. Really quite beautiful.

K&R

[Silent3]

3. When the people of Egypt or Libya...

...or any other country become nothing more than "THEM" to you, the THEM who apparently understand nothing but force, the THEM who must be shown nothing but "strength" and "resolve" (spelled "bombs" and "bullets&quot , the real people of these countries, with all of their strengths and weaknesses, become lost, and too many who could be friends needlessly become enemies, or die.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Beautiful and speaks a deeper truth about Libya than the screaming headlines in most media. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. For those who still say "head scarfs is proof of oppression"

I give you this:

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[whathehell]

7. No disrespect to the lovely young women in the picture,

but Mother Teresa was a nun, and nuns, unlike catholic women in general, wear/wore veils,

much like a priest or a minister wears a clerical.

The situation is not comparable to the custom of muslim women wearing scarves or veils.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. It is when you consider that both have the same roots.

Headscarfs were traditionally worn by married Christian women in the Middle Ages.

http://www.tebyan.net/newindex.aspx?pid=65472

Amish women still wear them.

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To me, it's all rather silly since I'm an atheist.

[whathehell]

12. Well, if you go back to the middle ages

I guess a lot of things have the "same roots".

I think the point is, most in the western world left the middle ages -- Well, back in the middle ages, if you get my drift.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Maher also has the attitude that the Muslim religion is more backward than Christianity,...

....whereas my goal is to unite humanity and it is counter productive to feed the whole "primitive" slur used by the Right Wing.

[Tsiyu]

15. AS a child of the sixties

I had to wear a head covering in the Episcopal Church. (More like a lace doily than a veil, but still....it was a symbolic marker of my gender status)

In America.

That custom has changed, but I lived it (and hated it as a kid.)

[whathehell]

17. As another child of the sixties, I did the same

but it was for CHURCH service only, which lasted about one hour, one day a week.

[riderinthestorm]

11. Can you point me to any posts where anyone said headscarves are proof of oppression?

(maybe they're proof of religious cult brainwashing but I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim they're proof of oppression).

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. It has been stated mostly by Right Wingers CLAIMING to be quoting feminists,...

....and some Liberals have picked up on that.

[patrice]

6. Namaste, to these young ladies!

[Brigid]

8. Such a lovely photo.

Such a sad occasion.

[cbayer]

10. That gave me shivers. Thanks so much for this.

[burrowowl]

16. Very touching tribute

[LilSol]

18. Mutter Theresa

[Union Scribe]

19. I wish I could save up my recs for a year

and give this picture all of them.