03-25-2008, 14:14 PM
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S-2
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Is the tribally-based cultural narrative of Afghanistan an unassailable icon?
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Absolutely not, but historicly very difficult to beat
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How does an archaic social network de-construct a "gun culture" from it's narrative without emasculating itself?
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Again it does not, but IMO thats the point, it all leads back to fear and intimidation, and as interesting as this topic is I feel it is just as I stated earlier,
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IMO , in its simplest form it is pure propaganda,with embedded threats aimed at a target audience of illiterate villager's who in the main have to have these (Shabnama's) read to them
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A couple of thoughts/questions
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I left your first question alone, as I feel Cactus answered it excellently, and as always your in depth questions, tend to lure me out of my depth academiclly  being a simple man. But I do find it fascinating.
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