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merchimerch) wrote2005-01-13 09:14 am
merchimerch) wrote2005-01-13 09:14 am
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Well this is an interesting (and rather dodgy) use of the cultural relativity argument: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4168925.stm
Allawi is from a "tribal culture" and thus needs to hand out money to reporters while campaigning....I'm not up on Iraqi customs, and I realize hospitality functions differently in different places, but it still looks like pandering to the press to me.
Allawi is from a "tribal culture" and thus needs to hand out money to reporters while campaigning....I'm not up on Iraqi customs, and I realize hospitality functions differently in different places, but it still looks like pandering to the press to me.