Thread: Sushmita Banerjee, Indian writer who defied the Taliban, killed in Afghanistan
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Old 09-16-2013, 12:12 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
We're not supposed to talk about politics in this part of the site. We're just skirting the issue bringing up the Taliban in Afghanistan specifically in terms of Banerjee's death.
Very well stated.

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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
That's the drawback of prohibiting discussion of religion or politics- when a new item related to the main topic of the board pops up- in this case religious bigots slaughtering someone who criticizes them in print- it becomes difficult to talk about.

I guess you have to sometimes be willing to wiggle a bit if things are directly relevant to the board?
In truth we've been struggling with this one more than usual because we realize that the issue is one of importance to both readers and authors, and for that reason we've tried so far to allow a little more latitude than normal; but the restrictions against voicing political and/or religious opinions outside of P&R still apply.
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