[thechat] A balance of opinion. - Iran

[Erik Mattheis]

On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 08:08 AM, Tara Cleveland wrote:
> It's very true that women in Iran are not considered equal. They are 
> very
> much oppressed. But large parts of the world treats women similarly - 
> if not
> in law then in custom.

And in terms of equal pay for equal work, The United States!

> once an ideology on to
> these countries, an ideology that they may resent and rebel against in 
> 20
> years time,

Exactly. I read a quote recently, that I can't find and can't reproduce 
  as eloquently, but it was something like "Forcing democracy on a 
nation with guns and bombs it is not democracy. It is the antithesis of 
democracy."

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