FOAD

[sigma7]

Normally I'm all for respecting other people and their cultures and their religious beliefs.

But some things are indefensible, utterly intolerable:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.

"These are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, said Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid."

...And you may recognize that mindset in the last graf; odds are it's been knocking at your door in an entirely different suit.

Comments

[brightrosefox.livejournal.com]

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I...

I'm gonna go... hide over here for a while.

And by "here" I mean "that other planet over there."

[redmonster.livejournal.com]

There's a passage in my novel where the Wise Old Woman gives the protagonist her thoughts on yaoi tradition. They're not very generous thoughts, and it's people like that who drove me to putting that passage in the book.

I mean come on!

[myarsenalx.livejournal.com]

Whats worse? Being buried alive or being blown up in some suicide bomb attack?!

Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame..

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ah...tradition!

[beagle1971.livejournal.com]

Eventually, those who suffer at the hands of "tradition" will someday rise up and start a new tradition of overthrowing those who follow the old traditions. Heck, it's the basis of their cult.

[mark-jones-jnr.livejournal.com]

In the UK - it's not PC to criticise another society.
We have to respect their beliefs and culture.

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