Yale admits Taliban official as student.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by squirrely girl
taliban = not (neccesarily) al qaeda

that's like saying somebody who is baptist supports the westboro baptist church people

just to make this clear, i do not support the goals and practices of either the taliban or al qaeda - i just think that some of the arguments against this guy getting an education are assinine and ignorant

OMG. Fine. I'll break it down for you since you are "assinine and ignorant".

The Taliban supported Al Quaeda and provided them with a basecamp. They supported the terror group and worked in tandem with them as well on many occasions. Additionally, during their rule the Taliban terrorized and brutalized an entire nation. After their ousting, the Taliban took up terrorism as well.

Even you acknowledge some implicit guilt in being a member of the Taliban as you bring up the Nazi analogy.

Sadly that analogy is beyond foolish. 1) Nazi rocket scientists worked on developing missile and atom bomb technology in a vital race if you want to justify it and 2) the fact that we have done something in the past, does not justify it in the future - it's like the Nazis saying that they can commit genocide again because it was acceptable back then. You can't even begin to justify this (using point 1) because there is no life and death struggle that this terrorist is involved in; he is taking non-degree courses at Yale.

Additionally his being in the country is separate from being at Yale. Yale is not the USA. You can be in America and not be in Yale. I believe I said the same thing 3 times, in 3 different ways, just to make sure the point got across. Any anger with the State Department is separate. Immigration officials have let in terrorists in the past, accidentally or whatnot as well.

Furthermore, given the private status of Yale the parents have every right to publicize this given their daughter's enrollment at Yale as well as a desire to bring about change by "Spreading the news." Schools in the Ivy+, like Yale, get their pick of students and this really is not something to brag about aside from upsetting many students and their families.

So really is it worth it labeling others as "Ignorant" and throwing around words like "Xenophobia" when really you haven't thought this through, your statements make no sense, and you have no concept of xenophobia given your isolation in Tennessee? I would think not, but I'm sure your response, should there be one, will make no sense either.

-Rudey