[A-List] Who Wants "a War of Ideas on Homosexuality in the Muslim World"?

["Yoshie Furuhashi" <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Who Wants "a War of Ideas on Homosexuality in the Muslim World"?

Having seen Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, et al.
interrogate the President of Iran about homosexuality in Iran, Maureen
Dowd observes: "Given the repressive and confused stance of some of
our Middle East allies on women and gays, isn't it insane to get into
a war of ideas on homosexuality in the Muslim world?" ("'Fruitbat' at
Bat," New York Times, 26 September 2007). That's an understatement,
since the most important assets of the empire in the Middle East are
the Gulf states, but still a good point. Besides, who can believe that
the empire's media, NGOs, intellectuals, etc. recommending the virtue
of same-sex love will help make it more popular than it is among
peoples who resent their countries being subjected to or attacked by
the empire? The best one can hope for, figuratively speaking, is that
people will just shoot the messenger without shooting the message.

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Yoshie