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Celebrities back tampon rebels of Zimbabwe
The Sunday Times ^
| May 7, 2006
| Christina Lamb
Posted on 05/06/2006 10:28:51 PM PDT by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
All cultures are equal..
There are no absolutes, like right or wrong - or good and evil.
Africa for the Africans...
This is what Africans and the World's leftists wanted - The whites robbed and evicted and the Africans "reclaiming" the land......
I'm happy for them....
Semper Fi
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:04:35 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: AnnaZ
"or cotton wool."
I understand, but what did women use before having to purchase sanitary products?
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:05:46 PM PDT
by
This Just In
("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
To: modest proposal
They are probably using the New York Times
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:06:23 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(History is not written by those who win wars, but by those who win the war for the History Dept.)
To: Rastus
in an odd coincidence the dune thingy kinda looks like the tip of a tampon
To: MadIvan
Later this month they will launch Dignity. Period!, a fundraising campaign to buy sanitary products for Zimbabwes women. It will start with a night of entertainment at the 20th Century theatre in Notting Hill, west London, hosted by Stephen Fry.
This is a nice gesture and will probably make these celebrities feel good about themselves, but I imagine the situation will be similar to the one in Ethiopia where the Derg took the food donated by all of the Band Aid/We Are the World efforts and let it rot. If they're torturing a woman for speaking out about the conditions, are they really going to turn around and pass out tampons? I don't think Mugabe has really shown that international shame has any effect on his actions. Much as the liberals hate the military, any serious effort will require violent action.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:08:44 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: Rastus
Rastus, thanks for the info.
Yes, I was referring to the Dune image. I'm sure you can understand the miscomprehension.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:09:37 PM PDT
by
This Just In
("Those are my principles, if you don't like them, I've got others" - Groucho Marx)
To: modest proposal; MadIvan
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:10:44 PM PDT
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: This Just In
Yes, I can. I've just happened to see a few of Ivan's other posts recently, so I knew it was just a misfortunate automatic posting.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:11:15 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: AnnaZ
This really is horrible. We should all pray for the people of Zimbabwe, I only wish I could do something more for them. That with guns? As a man, I only wish I could kill Mugabe and his minions himself, and I probably do not realize how bad it is.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:17:59 PM PDT
by
gafusa
To: winner3000
"This is what happens when the eeevil pharmaceutical companies are forced to pull out."
_____________________
Or in the case of Sudan, blown up by the Clinton Administration.
To: Minutemen
absorbent pads are used externally in most of the world. They are not comfortable. They leak, so most women do not move about much on those days.
A really poor country loses a lot when they lose a quarter of its work force for 3 to 5 days a month.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:19:42 PM PDT
by
Donald Meaker
(The MG-42 has a rate of fire of 1300 rounds per minute.)
To: Minutemen
In Asian countries, that I'm familiar with, the females would wear a narrow cotton cloth diapper like item. The items would be washed out and reused.
I'm sure that the same type of item was used here in the US back in the "Good Olde Daze".
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:19:53 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
To: MadIvan
Since this is by the Sunday Times, I'm sure much of it was taken out of Kotex.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:24:11 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(ICE, ICE Baby.)
To: Minutemen
You don't need one when you are always pregnant.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:24:27 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
To: This Just In; Minutemen
They used unsanitary disease-spreading cloths.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:24:58 PM PDT
by
stands2reason
("Patriotism is the highest form of dissent." - Mark Steyn)
To: MadIvan
I'm sure our "feminists" will be quick to protest this ACTUAL horrendous abuse of women, just as soon as they're done decrying pay scales for female college diversity studies professors. First things first.
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:31:29 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
("I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident.")
To: MadIvan
Sea sponge tampons... Just tie a string to them...seriously
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posted on
05/06/2006 11:31:43 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(This is not the tag line you are looking for.....move along (waves hand))
To: Bobalu
Peat moss was used by Canadian aboriginals for bandages, diapers, and sanitary napkins. It apparently has natural antibiotics. I presume that other people used it too. It can still come in handy in survival situations. You'd think there'd be something equivalent in Zimbabwe.
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Peat moss? Any relation to Kate moss?
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posted on
05/07/2006 2:20:46 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
To: All
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posted on
05/07/2006 2:26:56 AM PDT
by
backhoe
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