I wrote something explaining why I wanted to post what Im about to - TopicsExpress

I wrote something explaining why I wanted to post what Im about to post, but my comments came across as inflamed commentary regarding some ignorant things said by somebody else. So, without that explanation, I just want to share something said by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai in an interview published in Forbes Magazine. She is the young girl shot in the face by the Taliban for thinking girls should be able to go to school. She spoke a bit about the beauty of where she lived and her family and how things changed after the Taliban arrived and banned education for girls. Then, she said: But education was very important to me. I wanted to be someone. I wanted to have an identity. I had two options. One was to remain silent and never to speak and then to be killed by the terrorists. The second option was to speak up for my rights and then die. And I chose the second one. On the ninth of October 2012 I was shot. The terrorists made a very big mistake, because I was afraid that they might be able to stop me. But they proved that no one can stop me. My weaknesses died on that day, and a strength was born. So I think I should be very thankful to them. I love that: The terrorists made a very big mistake ... My weaknesses died that day ... . In the article, Laurene Powell Jobs, the interviewer (Steve Jobs widow) quoted the person making a documentary about Malala: “The Taliban shot the wrong girl.” I think thats right. How humbling to compare the courage and character of Malala Yousafzai to me and most people I know. What a beautiful person. Its my opinion that Malala can instruct in what we need to do regarding the middle East and how the conflict there (and conflicts everywhere, including here in the good ol USA) can eventually be won. As mentioned elsewhere, we need to send books, not drones. We cannot bomb somebody into freedom and democracy, it can be done with education.