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Originally Posted by Boreas
If that's what your friend meant, then his choice of words was poor. "Taliban" is the plural of talib which is the Arabic word for a student or "seeker of knowledge" with very distinct religious overtones. Rather than calling the PKK "Taliban", he might as well have called them "Nazis". It would have contained the same amount of detestation and accuracy.
John
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I know what the origin of the term "Taliban" is, professor. And their behavior certainly confirms the bastardization of what they choose to call themselves.
His choice of words was used purposefully to describe similar attitudes and agendas of groups he finds having much the same fucked up behaviors. But you're right...he might as well have called them nazis. That fits as well.