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Subject: [Leica] Agricultural Program, Helmand, Afghanistan
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:08:38 -0800
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On Feb 7, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote:

> I have no comment on the below and I dismiss its relevance to the question
> at hand.  I ask again, do we dismiss the susceptibility of an uneducated
> mind to outside influence?


how can we dismiss it, it's a fact, or at least a byproduct...

seems that with education comes skepticism,

applies to the US as well,

:-)

Steve


> 
> That, ladies and gentlemen, is the question that confronts us.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:07 PM, slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at 
> charter.net>wrote:
> 
>> Wendy, don't take it like that! I was just making an observation on a bias
>> based on cultural relativism.
>> Besides, I'm quite familiar with this form of inter state and scientific
>> activism.
>> My late father was an agricultural engineer, and a research bio-chemist.
>> He recounted a story once, of when we lived in France. He was once
>> approached by the first president of Mali and members of his cabinet. He 
>> was
>> asked to come to Mali and do a project similar to what the Israelis were
>> doing.
>> Unfortunately, he couldn't account for our safety once we were in country.
>> That's just one story.
>> Though the most horrific ones were the stories of fellow agronomists who
>> would die mysteriously on location from the oddest accidents.
>> S.d.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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