[davidboyd] Cool Papa Boyd: The smartest and prettiest infidel

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Posted by Cool Papa Boyd:
The smartest and prettiest infidel
http://davidboyd.org/posts/1173206902.shtml


   [1]Hitchens:

     In her [2]book, Ayaan Hirsi Ali says the following: "I left the
     world of faith, of genital cutting and forced marriage for the
     world of reason and sexual emancipation. After making this voyage I
     know that one of these two worlds is simply better than the other.
     Not for its gaudy gadgetry, but for its fundamental values." This
     is a fairly representative quotation. She has her criticisms of the
     West, but she prefers it to a society where women are subordinate,
     censorship is pervasive, and violence is officially preached
     against unbelievers. As an African victim of, and escapee from,
     this system, she feels she has acquired the right to say so. 

   We're lucky to have this woman living with us in the US. Hopefully
   someday she can do it without bodyguards.

References

   1. http://www.slate.com/id/2161171/
   2. http://www.amazon.com/Infidel-Ayaan-Hirsi-Ali/dp/0743289684/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2883935-0168047?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173206621&sr=8-1