Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] Agricultural Program, Helmand, Afghanistan
From: thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:41:56 +0500
References: <f681deda1002070324w4eac452pe8c33db9263cf445@mail.gmail.com> <4D7061EF-600D-47EF-89E4-BD6460C8E667@aotera.org> <f681deda1002070632y6bdd6e05x2182fa43d2243376@mail.gmail.com> <26A94711-4F12-4DEC-B758-A0F252A26882@charter.net>

I'll sit on the sidelines on this one; it would seem that the prospect of an
uneducated mind's susceptibility to extremist views is a questionable one.

Did I miss something here?  Maybe it's best I don't participate any longer
in this forum.  I know the forum is dedicated to photography but the fact
that I am taking pictures in Afghanistan has apparently caused some
problems.

Wendy

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:06 PM, slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at 
charter.net>wrote:

> The way it's stated below, leads one to think that illiteracy leads to
> extremism.
> A high rate of literacy is just as potent a vehicle for reaction.
> S.d.
>
> On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote:
>
> > ....effort is further challenged by the facts that we are dealing with a
> functionally
> > illiterate population heavily influenced by the Taliban.
>
>
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