Let’s approach this issue from another angle. Suppose that you, the OP, were able to inform every American adult of the fact that 10x as many girls (or whatever the number is) are now going to school. Every American adult now knows this. What would they do with that information?
Yep, “primary school” eg. up to age 11 - 1 million children get to 12th grade, mostly boys.
And please tell us what you know of the quality of teaching and what is taught, how many are in each class, are there sufficient teachers for the students to be in age-specific classes, are the primary school children tested and examined?
Google Images > Afghan schools: It ain’t Springfield out there.
The question in the OP contains the wore ‘more ’ as in More Newsworthy’ so there is no need to drown this topic in minutia squabbles about proving how much that story has been covered. The question is should it be more than what is.
Without knowing “what is”, that cannot be answered.
If I said to you: Jamie needs to drink more water. Would you agree, disagree, or ask how much water Janie is drinking?
Also, please answer the question in post #61.
I’m not attacking your point. I’m glad to know there are 4m Afghan girls in schools, and I certainly think it’s worth knowing about. I wasn’t making any particular point except that the part I mentioned seems a little unlikely to me.
I’ve already said that. You need not repeat it as if you are telling me some fact that I do not accept. Apparently you agree with me so why not just say so?
I don’t think you are attacking my point. I understand your explanation. I asked that you consider there may be a translation issue about what the Afghan man was saying about his aunts and I believe we should cut non- English speaking common Afghan folk some slack.
So, just to summarize:
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The OP is unable to tell us how much this story has been reported and so there is no way to know if it needs to be reported “more”.
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The OP has failed to establish why it’s important for Americans to know this fact, and so has failed to establish that it even needs to be reported at all.
Looks like a complete failure to defend his own thesis. We understand, of course, that the OP would like for this story to reported more, but to be blunt: so what?
We are not leaving as you explained it last March. Or does the December John Mace declare the March John Mace to be in error?
Since when is there a time limit on responding to your argumentuve nature? First things first such as cleaning up your inconsistencies and errors.
I respond in order of people whose opinions and thoughts I respect. So please relax sit back and wait your turn.
I suggest you look at the OP question and asked yourself if you have tried to answer it as YOU see it or if you are just trying to pester the one who asked it?
Take all the time you need. Right now, it’s objectively clear that you have failed to establish either of those things. You have simply stated your thesis and have utterly failed to defend it. If you are holding some clever argument for just the right time, we’ll patently wait until that time comes. But as it is, your thesis is unproven.
John Mace has not answered the OP question, yet has begun demanding every one of his questions be answered immediately. I owe Mace no answers until he answers this one.
Should Girls in Afghanistan Schools be more newsworthy as an ISAF success story?
Factually incorrect:
It’s up to you to defend your thesis. If you can’t do it, that’s fine. Lots of people propose theses here and are unable to defend them.
I also need John Mace to explain which John Mace I am responding to since parts of my responses involve the fact that the US military is not leaving Afghanistan. One John Mace says we are leaving the other John Mace says we are not leaving. I need to know which John Mace I am responding to.
Dance all you want. Your thesis is unproven.
Give us the cite or post # where you think you answered that specific question. And I was writing my post before you responded to take all the time I needed. Thanks for that, I will.
Should Girls in Afghanistan Schools be more newsworthy as an ISAF success story?
…As an ISAF success story?
… As an ISAF success story?
…As an ISAF success story?
Perhais you did not catch the last five words in the question?
I told you in post #64 that you have not provided enough information to answer the question. You’re asking if there has been enough news reporting about a given fact, but you’ve not told us how much news reporting there has been.
No one can answer if “more” of something is needed without knowing how much of that something already exists. However, I can testify that I knew many more girls were in school now, so from my own personal perspective, there has been enough reporting of it so far.
Now as to the silly matter of whether “we are leaving” or not, it all depends on the context. We are not leaving this year or the next (assuming that Obama can negotiate for them to stay), but we are leaving in the not-distant future-- even Obama says so:
What makes you think you can dictate your silly rules and perceptions into this discussion? The question is addressed to posters who are capable of having their own sense of how much positive news coverage already exists. Do you have a concept in you mind of how much positive news coverage already exists?
No one can answer if “more” of something is needed without knowing how much of that something already exists.
Novelty Bobble says it should be ‘applauded to the rafters’… and I would love to hear more people express that sentiment.