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"The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them." - Malala fighting Taliban.

https://malala.org/news-and-voices/malala-un-speech

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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The Afghani Taliban didn't have a $1.5T/year budget and a nuclear stockpile.

[โ€“] RoundSparrow@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

They didn't have NASA.

I try to tell people: If USA Christians want to go find Heaven and meet their dead grandparents, go ahead and make a NASA rocket and get busy sending cameras to photograph their outer-space dead friends and family.