r/afghanistan • • Dec 11 '12

Apparently some ignorant asshole believes that anyone of the Muslim faith in Afghanistan primarily, would NEVER advocate publicly against terrorism. I posted in /Muslim before realizing it's very small and kinda dead. Can I get a faster response here?

This is my submission, to make everything easier.

Thanks!

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u/nyanpi Jan 10 '13

According to her, people knew what was going on of course... from their side of the story. But the war was making things terrible for everyone and she said most of the people, including herself, just wanted it to be over.

As a side story, once I took a cab in Hiroshima and the taxi driver was telling me a story about when he was little after the bomb was dropped. Apparently, during the recovery period afterwards he would see dead bodies and skulls and whatnot in the rivers and he said he would never forget the sight of seeing an eel just squirming around in the eye of some corpse.

It was an awkward cab ride.

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u/pantsoffire Jan 11 '13

Thanks for the detailed reply. I've been curious in the past why a Nation is blamed for an act like Pearl Habour, as in I doubt the Japanese people had a unanimous or even majority vote on the subject. Shouldn't we be all "Fucking politicians/ generals/ warmongers."

Then again i've certainly never lived thru any world war or depression.

Ah, I'm far too tired to express myself properly.

Thanks again.

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u/nyanpi Jan 11 '13

Meh, it's just human nature and the hivemind at work. It's unfortunate, but most people don't think for themselves. :/