Tribe.net. Local Connections Amma http://feministphilosophy.tribe.net/thread/35c02220-8ce5-4bd9-8bd9-07ef7cbe3571#26de7608-3122-4c5d-8612-02aca82b8969 2008-10-14T11:31:22Z 2008-10-14T11:31:22Z

No person in the USA should need a body guard just for being who she is. Period.

Amma 2008-10-14T11:31:22Z Timbozo http://feministphilosophy.tribe.net/thread/35c02220-8ce5-4bd9-8bd9-07ef7cbe3571#bb4076c4-1c07-46c7-97f2-107b40d68d9e 2008-10-13T21:42:47Z 2008-10-13T21:42:47Z

>I feel totally sickened. Why? Please be specific.

Timbozo 2008-10-13T21:42:47Z Amma http://feministphilosophy.tribe.net/thread/35c02220-8ce5-4bd9-8bd9-07ef7cbe3571#c299be1a-c1e5-4173-a453-76fdee6e53e6 2008-10-13T14:45:11Z 2008-10-13T14:45:11Z

From: http://www.ayaanhirsiali.com/ "Ms. Hirsi Ali was named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2005, one of Glamour Magazine’s Heroes of 2005, and she received the Prix Simone de Beauvoir in 2008. She has published a collection of essays entitled The Caged Virgin and a best-selling memoir Infidel. In response to the continuing threats to her life and in order to support the work of other dissidents, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has established the Foundation for Freedom of Expression. The Foundation is a charity organization which believes that open discourse, dialogue and freedom of expression are essential for the survival and vitality of liberal democracies. The Foundation will support Muslim dissidents who have been victims of violence, abuse or neglect, or who have been threatened with violence, because of their political or religious beliefs. It will do so by promoting and distributing their work, as well as by providing security and personal support when needed and wherever possible."" I am aghast that this is happening in a "free" country in 2008! I feel totally sickened. Especially reading Ms. Hirsi Ali's website after watching this: http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/ps_ctn_02.html# last evening.

Amma 2008-10-13T14:45:11Z