Hey I wanted to share this with you. I saw this foreign film last night. It's one of the first movies to come out of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban. I thought it was brilliant, highlighting the role, rather oppresion of women. To make a long story short, it's about a little girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to be able to work and feed her Grandmother and widowed mother. It really put things in to perspective for me, regarding how fortunate I am to live where I do and be a woman. I think every woman should check this movie out. It also goes in to detail about soem of teh Taliban training of young boys. Also one thing I really appreciated about it, was that unlike some movies that show things in such graphic detail to try and make it point, and just end up making you feel uncomfortable in your seat, this one was pretty mild. Rated PG-13, thank goodness.
ApagaLaLuz
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'Osama' The Movie
by ApagaLaLuz inhey i wanted to share this with you.
i saw this foreign film last night.
it's one of the first movies to come out of afghanistan since the fall of the taliban.
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First gay couples wed in US state
by ignored_one inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3719905.stm
first gay couples wed in us state
two lesbians were among the first same-sex couples to wed under a new law in the us state of massachusetts.
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ApagaLaLuz
My Grandfather married THREE sisters, not at the same time mind you, but at least when he died he could say "I once married 3 sisters"
chevy of the "wondering why all my kin-folk look funny' class
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Mouthy - Our Favourite Grandma
by Uzzah inmouthy: .
these past couple of days you have been alluding to passing on and a few 'if i die soon' type comments.
i know death is natural but you can't go anywhere yet!
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ApagaLaLuz
Hey Mouthy!! I never had a Grandma, but if I did I sure wish we was as cool as you.Maybe she would have whipped me in to line as a youngin and I wouldnt have all these problems now :)
Love Ya! I always Love your posts.
p.s. I wanted to post on your picture thread, but I wasted all my posts on nonsense, just wanted to say that you have just about the cutest grand babies EVER
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Faced with loss of tax breaks, Danish WTS drops "Bible-Based" stance
by Nathan Natas infrom an awake!
correspondent in cyber-space:
with the threat of removal of tax breaks hanging over their heads, watchtower has changed from ther bible-based position.
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ApagaLaLuz
Oh yah..... I'm still confused as to how this subject got brought up in a thread with this title
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Faced with loss of tax breaks, Danish WTS drops "Bible-Based" stance
by Nathan Natas infrom an awake!
correspondent in cyber-space:
with the threat of removal of tax breaks hanging over their heads, watchtower has changed from ther bible-based position.
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ApagaLaLuz
just like eating poo pedophilia is a fetish
Hey Thai, I love ya man I gotta say this: Both are sick and disgusting. If someone says "Hi my name is Tom (hope i'm not offending anyone by picking this name) I like to eat poo," he would usually get a sickened and disgusted reaction from people. Same as if "Hi my name is Tom, I enjoy pedophilia". In my opinion pedophila simply fans the flames of a sickened and disgusting craving, one that is unnatural. Also, killing people is a fetish too done for sexual gratification.
p.s. I'm sure my point has already been expressed too, I just havent gotten a chance to finish reading the whole thread yet, I just saw "eating poo" and HAD to respond.
Also I wanted to add that Britney Spears' more racier videos were done after she turned 18. And granted children are looking older than their age nowdays. Personally I think there's a difference between a grown man who is attracted to a mature looking 16 year old, than a grown man who is attracted to an obvious 11 year old.
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Somebody---PLease Party with ME
by codeblue in.
ok....i am all alone....nodenial is working out of town...darn it.. how about a cyber party with me...please!!!.
i have just mixed a 7 and 7..... codeblue
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ApagaLaLuz
<-------pops in for a body shot!!!!
I'll be back when I build my post back up
<--------- covers Code's eyes, spins her around 14 3/4 times, and disappears
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One Soldier's Viewpoint of Iraq
by ThiChi inone soldier?s viewpoint of iraq.
greetings (names withheld).
as i head off to baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in iraq, i wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media.
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ApagaLaLuz
Hi Thi Chi! Thanks for sharing. It's no secret my feelings on war, especially this war, but I do have friends who have been called up to service, and I am sympathetic to their situations. I wanted to share with you a letter from my friend serving in Afghanistan. We here in teh comforts of our homes can speculate all we want, but it's great to hear first hand from those over there.
Hey Girl!
thought I'd drop you a line and wish you a happy thanksgiving.
Thought I'd share some of the things I am thankful for and what I would say if I was back in the states about to carve a turkey;
I am thankful for being American
For being born in the greatest country in the world
To have the right to make decisions for my self
To be able, to work to be rich or poor, the only question is how hard
All-tho there has been hard times in my life, none have left me mal-nourished, or to sleep in the cold under the stars
I am very thankful for my many good friends and a job to work for
A central government, with military, and police that for the most part don't work for the highest bidder, and that are actually concerned with the safety of the nation.
Let me tell you, these things are oftenly over looked, and it's not until your in a nation where you can't trust the police even as a citizen of the community. The cops here work for the war lords and there is no such thing as a government.
We were in a southern city last week and it was unbelievable to see. The public transit passed by filled to the brim, so overloaded people were sitting on top of the bus in the freezing cold. Or as a donkey passes with a father and son, the son on his way to a school the Americans just set up, a large white tent with no heat, and the father on his way to work on the street selling this months crop, full of vehicles that bellow black exhaust. We pass by tents all the time that sit on the edge of that same road with a trench that runs behind it that acts as a gutter and a sewer, very commonly with human feces floating by, this is a family's home. There is no such thing as a bathroom here I've seen many times in many different villages a person walking down the street just pop a squat and leave a pile for one of the street vendors to later wash into that ditch running on the side of the road. There is no such thing as middle class, ether your filthy rich or your dirt poor.
This is not a pity story, just some things we, I, had never thought about on thanksgiving. I was to busy thanking god for the new t.v. I just saved up for or the new stereo. Never once had I thought about the sewers and the public transit, the police, and least of all the government. But all of these things put together is what makes home so great. Never before was I so proud to say "THANK GOD FOR THE U.S.A."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING MISS YOU TONS!
SGT J****** J********
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First gay couples wed in US state
by ignored_one inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3719905.stm
first gay couples wed in us state
two lesbians were among the first same-sex couples to wed under a new law in the us state of massachusetts.
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ApagaLaLuz
<--------- hands Ignored a spoon for the stirring :)
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Hacienda del Corona
by simplesally inok............who wants to come party at our corona hangout?.
the hacienda is open and serving drinks.
i think i need something stronger tonight.........i need that bartender to mix me up a vodka 7......who else?
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ApagaLaLuz
LOL!!! AAAHHHHHH Sassy...... this is brilliant. Man I wish I had some computer skills so I could add to the fun! Except, if I had to be a "Friends" character, I've always wanted to be Joey, he gets the most action, and teh most sandwiches
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Hacienda del Corona
by simplesally inok............who wants to come party at our corona hangout?.
the hacienda is open and serving drinks.
i think i need something stronger tonight.........i need that bartender to mix me up a vodka 7......who else?
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ApagaLaLuz
Wait! Me, Sassy, Simplesally, Dan-O, Putternut, and FMZ, all smooshed together in to one train bathroom stall.
I've had this dream before!!!!