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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Close the school and leave the country.
Let the Sudanese upper class educate their kids elsewhere, if that is their idea of freedom and tolerance.
Good riddance.
TR
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I agree. If they want it, they can have it.
I also believe that our government should take a stance against the treatment of Ms. Gibbons as well. The feeling I got from the whole thing is that Ms. Gibbons was, in some of the Sudanese words anyway, an infidel; and it was obvious that they were looking for any excuse to punish the infidel. I imagine an American in that position would be seen the same way (probably even worse). Okay, "if'n that's the way they want it. Well, they gets it."
According to
www.usaid.gov, the U.S. has supplied the Sudanese with $2.6 billion for humanitarian aid and reconstruction projects since 2005. Needless to say, we are the largest donor to the Sudan (although not the only ones...European Commission support of 54.3 million Euros for reconstruction is in the works as we speak or has already happened. My Google translator was not very clear on this). I believe we should withhold part or all of that money (especially the amount going to reconstruction...i.e. focusing on governance, health, economic growth, and education) as a statement to them that we will not support a country that supports that kind of treatment against its residents. It won't help Ms. Gibbons now, but it may have an influence on future cases such as this (money and words do make a difference sometimes).
I don't want to hear about Darfur anymore. The next person that mentions this to me (or that Islam is a peaceful religion) will probably not get a sympathetic ear from me. It is apparent that the Sudanese government can take better care of them than we can...one way or another.
Bandy