Useless Donkeys

The new, fledgling legislature of Afghanistan almost has the hang of it. They’ve suspended a female member of parliament for some things she said. Her sin: She said a stable was more useful than congress. “A stable is better, for there you have a donkey that carries a load and a cow that provides milk”. Amen! Apparently that’s flamethrower language in Afghanistan.

This actually works on a couple of levels. First, it proves that legislatures are the same worldwide. Second, I think she actually meant “Democrats”, but inserted the more common “donkey” reference. (Just want to see if Athena’s paying attention.) Still, it’s a huge step forward that they just suspended her. Back in the day she would have been lucky to just be beaten for speaking out. During Taliban times she ran a school for girls, an offense that is still occasionally punishable by death in that part of the world. Personally, I think the men of that august body of law makers looked at themselves, then at her, and realized they weren’t measuring up in the proverbial dangling genitalia department. More than anything cowards hate people that are more than they could ever become. And that male dominated collection of inferior souls hiding behind Islam is the most stunning example of externalized cowardice ever witness by humanity.

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