platypus

I'm not trying to kill anyone's dreams. But I would bet that the dreams of these women never went further than the desire for an education, decent healthcare, children who live past their fourth birthday, and not being beaten for walking alone on the street.

I suspect that someone is attempting to lure these women, with promises of the MTV/Hollywood success dream, into an experiment that could possibly end up costing them their lives. If this latest Spice Girl incarnation is actually launched, someone will make money just on the novelty aspect, but it won't be the women. And it won't last. And upon return to Afghanistan, they will be ostracized by a large portion of the population. Not much of a return for the promises made.

If the intention here is to reestablish a lost musical heritage, then I'm all for it. But if these women are going to be marketed to the world in the American MTV way, then they are in for a hell of a dissappointment.

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