Reply #13: I'm going to be a contrarian here

[sui generis]

I am sure she is a good hearted person and had best interests in mind, but it seems that the great majority of abducted people who make the news are christian proselytizers.

I have a rather harsh opinion of that, and I don't for one moment buy into the "she was just a journalist" crap (for the Christian Science Monitor) that the news was emphasizing.

It may have saved her life but it's dishonest. Let's face it, there is a ridiculous amount of evangelical "mission" going on. In my world it's tragic that doing good requires affiliation with religion of any kind, and it's tragic that she wasn't reporting on Appalachian poverty or American "illegal immigrant" poverty instead of this glowing opportunity to be YET ANOTHER CHRISTIAN HERO SLASH MARTYR in Iraq.

I'm not trying to be mean or belittle her personally, but I think the problems that we're having delivering aid are based on our rationale for being there to begin with.