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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.
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.
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