Stella, I agree on some things, like

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jun 20, 2008 at 18:21

that Western women should not be portrayed as sluts or whores or whatever simply because they don't pander to men or cover themselves even when its 120 degrees outside.

Unfortunately, this is the nonsense that is being taught by Islamists religious leaders, and it's going to get worse, as the population in Muslim nations rises and literacy rates plummets. The Muslim world is quickly turning into a 21st Century dark aged Europe, and soon only religious scholars will have education or understanding, and the rest of the population will depend on fanatical males.

I still do think, obviously, that many Muslim men take advantage of Western women, as I have been saying all along, and educated Western women are prone to it as another.

You are right that Western women are equal in every way to Muslim women from the Third World, and in principle, should be seen as such by Muslim men.

Some do, some don't.

But the reality is that international relationships fail across the board more often than naught, as do on-line relationship. It's very considerate of you not to judge others who decide to take this course of action, and I don't think anybody on here does, but at some point there has to be a realization that differences and distance are more of a obstacle to a relationship than an assistant. Karmina is right when she says that most Moroccans will date Moroccans. It's just a fact that happens in every country on the Earth.

Karmina's assertion that Americans can't afford school is incredibly false. I'll admit, we do have a serious problem with post-modern liberal infiltration in our university and secondary school system and that conservatives, Jews and Christians philosophies are under siege in the education and humanities. However, which place is better? India, where you can pay to go to medical school even if you aren't qualifiied? Europe, where the aforementioned problems about America are even worse?

Or the Maghreb or Middle East, where fanatical men largely run the show.

Sure, not EVERY place is like that, but the ones that do pretty much take away one's ability to think for one's self. The lie of academic freedom is one of the worst scams in modern history.

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