Reply #69: It doesn't "matter"...

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Perhaps as in my case and in the case of many others there's a genuine curiosity and desire to understand the situation more. For several reasons it struck me as something that I realized I didn't understand and wanted to know more of the reasoning behind: 1) Pictures of her in captivity showed her covered much less and in less traditional garb, and 2) I still understand Iraq (despite all the civil war and strife) to be a much less fundamentally islamic country, less so than say Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia which have laws requiring such things. If the answer was a simple "She is just showing respect for (whatever part of the country she is in) then that's fine and all anyone had to say in response."

Honestly, the absurd condescension and paranoia on here when someone doesn't know every last historical, cultural, sociological information or every aspect of every news story is absolutely pathetic. I consider myself to be a very informed, well read, and well travelled person and am aware of many things and am far from ignorant. But the reaction to my post has just simply dumbfounded me. Is our desire to not let freepers "pull one over on us" or not get past our precious "sniff tests" so much more important than perhaps educating and informing someone with legitimate questions? It sure as hell seems that way.