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rfmcdonaldJonathan Edelstein has picked up's on an article by Ali Musa Abdi at the Independent On-line examining online dating in Somaliland, an unrecognized state in the northwest of the former Republic of Somalia. Traditionalists are upset with how this destabilizes traditional mores.
Friedmanite claims that the Internet is a set of related technologies capable of radically transforming the whole of human civilization are clearly ridiculous. It does work at the edges, though. I myself wouldn't be here if not for the Internet. Here's hoping other people will be able to similarly benefit.
[C]yberdating can be an escape from regressive social attitudes at home. This factor was unintentionally confirmed by one Abdullahi Hassan, who argued against importing "Western concepts" of feminism on the ground that "if girls wait until they go to university to get married, then they will be too old to mother children." With feminism on the increase among Somali women, many no doubt hope that a boyfriend in the diaspora will be more open to Western notions of women's rights than the locally available men.
Friedmanite claims that the Internet is a set of related technologies capable of radically transforming the whole of human civilization are clearly ridiculous. It does work at the edges, though. I myself wouldn't be here if not for the Internet. Here's hoping other people will be able to similarly benefit.
