[davidboyd] David: Perhaps we've been a bit hasty with this spreading democracy business

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Perhaps we've been a bit hasty with this spreading democracy business
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   [1]Reuters via [2]Protein Wisdom:

     A textbook used at schools in the Indian state of Rajasthan
     compares housewives to donkeys, and suggests the animals make
     better companions as they complain less and are more loyal to their
     "masters," The Times of India reported Tuesday.
     "A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade
     better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off
     to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal
     to his master," the newspaper reported, quoting a Hindi-language
     primer meant for 14-year-olds.

   Y'all know I'm a strict adherent of the Law of Unintended
   Consequences. So what does the Law of Unintended Consequences say
   about this situation? We stay over there and keep liberating everybody
   and we're going to stir up resentment the likes of which hasn't been
   seen since [3]1979. These folks and their donkeys and housewives have
   obviously settled on a mutually beneficial arrangement. My advice to
   the remaining neocons? Put down your constitutions and back away
   slowly.

References

   1. http://news.aol.com/strange/story?id=n20060404085109990010&cid=936
   2. http://www.proteinwisdom.com/index.php/weblog/entry/20122/
   3. http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/