THE SOUND OF CONDESCENSION

"I have noticed something about a certain way the West speaks about Kurds and Kurdistan and it bothers me because it isn't at all pleasant. It makes me wonder if these kinds of speakers realize how bad, how condescending, they sound. My case in point comes from a daily stroll through Technorati, which revealed a comment that puts into few words the entire problem, from a comment to a post on Israpundit, 12 June:"
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