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[trinityvixen]

Okay...what?

I'm confused by this tree of links I touched off from this article at Pandagon today. Well, not confused. More like angry. Yeah, angry.

Okay, is it bad that Pelosi's gone to Syria, seeing as she's a) third in line to the Presidency and, b) Syria's like on our international shit list (but behind Iran! Maybe we'll run out of troops before we think to invade them ::coughcoughtoolatecough::)? Israel doesn't seem to be freaking out the way don't-know-better, hate-Islam-therefore-Israel-must-be-fantastic-how-dare-you-not-be-100%-checking-in-with-them-on-every-bit-of-foreign-diplomacy right wingers are. I thought making overtures to figure out our problems with countries like Syria was part of, I dunno, the strategy to get rid of terrorism that's supposedly behind this war we're fighting in a country we didn't actually have any legit beef with (other than hurt Republican pride, that is).

Then there's this where it seems the hubbub is as much over Pelosi debasing herself with a scarf as embarrassing the country by visiting a "terrorist" nation. 'Cause if that's really it? I'm gonna hurl. Personally, I believe that, if you're going into a house of worship, even if you think the rules are fucking stupid (I do myself), you follow them. The holier the site, the more reverence you should show, if not of the mythology then at least to the faith of the people. Yes, women are targets of the restrictions in religious institutions most of the time, but still--you go to the holiest of holies (I saw a pic where Pelosi was standing next to the tomb supposed to contain the head of John the Baptist--that's pretty damn holy), you show respect by doing it according to their rules.

I say the exception is elsewhere. No, I don't want Pelosi to offend the dignitaries or whatever in Syria, but the rest of the time, were I her, I wouldn't wear that scarf for my life. Because I am all about showing respect where faith and spiritual matters are concerned. Wearing a token of subserviance outside the religious institution, even in a country where the religious and the political are pretty incestuously close, is not cool. Sorry, just wouldn't do it. Then again, I'm not the House Speaker...

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Sigh, I did hear about the three Republican reps that went. As I understood it, they justified the "it's okay if you're a Republican" line by saying that Pelosi is Speaker, which means, obviously, she is way more important than three representatives of our government combined. Wow.

But the point is at least held up--talking is better than fighting.