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August 26, 2002
not np - Peter Gabriel, "Shaking The Tree"
And on this Women's Equality Day, or a few days ago when he had a spare minute, Our Glorious Leader did proclaim:
Today, American women enjoy unprecedented opportunities in business, education, politics, and countless other aspects of our society. Historically, however, women suffered grave inequalities and were denied some of the most fundamental benefits of citizenship.Each year on August 26th, we mark the important anniversary of the day on which women gained the right to vote. In celebrating Women's Equality Day, we remember the brave and determined individuals who worked to ensure that all women have the opportunity to participate in our democracy. Their dedication to the suffrage movement improved our society, and continues to inspire women today.
[. . .] In Afghanistan, the Taliban used violence and fear to deny Afghan women access to education, health care, mobility, and the right to vote. Our coalition has liberated Afghanistan and restored fundamental human rights and freedoms to Afghan women, and all the people of Afghanistan. Young girls in Afghanistan are able to attend schools for the first time.
Mind you, at a different part of the White House site, we have:
This is the first time in several years that many Afghan boys and girls--especially girls--will have the chance to attend school. The people of Afghanistan have been hurt by years of civil war and a brutal government that didn't give its citizens the freedoms that we enjoy. When the Taliban regime was running the country (from 1996 through 2001), girls were banned from the classroom. Women teachers weren't allowed to teach. Not many boys went to school either. Only 32 percent of Afghanistan's 4.4 million children were enrolled in school in 1999. Nearly all girls, 92 percent, were not in school.
Maybe the Proclamation meant young girls born after the Taliban took power. Yeah, that's the ticket.
And we're back to the ever-popular agentless passive again. Naming no names, or even groups, "women suffered grave inequalities and were denied some of the most fundamental benefits of citizenship."
Wankers.
Posted by Aaron at August 26, 2002 12:20 PM
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