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  'It is more than likely that all people, in the formulation and expression of their social, political, religious and economic thoughts, will be or have the potential to become 'imperialistic' and/or 'colonialistic.  In that they will have extended their visions to include people who do not share them, but would be expected to do so, if those thoughts were to be realised.' So, the people, the diverse people of Afghanistan are literally fighting for the soul and future of their country.  One might say that Afghanistan is still trying to achieve the status of 'nationhood.'  That the country is not only made up of people of different and divergent tribes, nationalities, religions and cultures.  But that its people also reflects different political ideologies and ideas about what the government of Afghanistan should look like.  There is religious divide between Afghans who follow the Sunni denomination of Islam, and those who follow the Shia version.  In common

  For those of us who have had or cared for babies, for young children, we can recall the anxieties we had about performing this serious role.  It is the role of a carer, whether it be the child's parents or other responsible persons tasked with the job of monitoring the child and ensuring his/her survival.  Making sure that they can and are breathing. That their nostrils, their noses and faces are not obscured or covered by things which could obstruct their breathing.  That they are in a secured sleeping area and are not going to fall and get hurt. The objective of monitoring and ensuring the well-being of the baby or young child it to ensure their survival into adulthood. The objective of monitoring my dear mother is to, as much as I can, ensure her safety, during this final stage of her life's journey.  So, yes, it is not the same kind of anxieties that I would have for a baby's safety, as these would be higher.  Considering that for the child, it is about maintaining he

  We have evolved and developed more sophisticated childhoods and social policies which promote the having of children.  At the same time that the 'religious' and evolutionary reinforcers and prerogatives have loosened some of their hold.  Although men and women having sexual intercourse with each other is still the most common method of having children and maintaining the human species.  It is not necessary for all a couple, in the form of a man and a women, to have sex in order for the woman to become pregnant.  A woman, providing she has the money, can now have the option of buying another woman's egg, having it fertilized, and inserted into her womb where it can develop. Indeed, it is now possible to clone our species.  So, in a nutshell, it is no longer necessary for every woman to become mother and every man a father, in order to ensure the survival of our human species.  Quite apart from whether, from a more over-arching perspective, it is cost effective and environm

  The sense of pleasure from sex maintains the attraction between the couple.  Of course, in puritanical societies, men and women were not supposed to make a big deal, as it were, about the pleasure and sense of euphoric satisfaction they receive from the sex act.  They, especially the women, were supposed to perceive of sex as purely a biological process.   Which they were duty bound to carry out, in order to serve 'God's purpose' of them going forth and multiplying to fill the earth and serve 'God.'  Sex was,  and  in some societies, for the woman, is still something they have done to them by men. It is not something they are meant to enjoy.  Which is clearly not the case and is an unnatural concept, when we look around us and see how the 'lower' animal species deal with sex and procreation.  By, in many cases, making it part of a highly ritualistic and intricate performance.  If a woman does not or is not allowed to enjoy having sex, then there is the lik