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Friday, February 09, 2007
The most courageous person in the world
posted by MD
Is it Ayaan Hirsi Ali? Among public figures, I think it is. This entire interview (about 7 min) must be watched. There is a moment that profoundly hit me; when she was talking about the Theo Van Gogh nightmare. (Hat tip, Hot Air )
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Some people are so brave it makes the concerns I have seem petty childlike and self indulgent. This moved me to tears, I wonder about a humanity that can embrace such cruelties in the name of a divine. Augustina
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