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Honor killings
I made the mistake of watching the cell phone video of the stoning to death of a 17 year old Iraqi girl. It was an "honor killing." As Twisty Faster posted:
The Daily Mail and other reports title the story more or less like this: “Teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy.” Implying that the girl, however much sympathy we have for her, nevertheless brought the savagery on herself.
I knew better than to watch it. I think there are more than one? I've gotten emails, seen various posts, but finally went back and clicked on one. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I did not need to see a mostly dead girl, with her skirt up around her waist, bloodied, surrounded by a circle of men yelling and picking up huge rocks and hurling them on her.
Do I cry? Do I throw up?
Men are scary. How can women thrive, much less live, in a place where making a personal choice violates some other man's claim to property and he can, with a little help from his friends, kill you? In broad daylight. And no one will stop them.
And people roll their eyes when I talk about feminism and patriarchy.
The Daily Mail and other reports title the story more or less like this: “Teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy.” Implying that the girl, however much sympathy we have for her, nevertheless brought the savagery on herself.
I knew better than to watch it. I think there are more than one? I've gotten emails, seen various posts, but finally went back and clicked on one. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I did not need to see a mostly dead girl, with her skirt up around her waist, bloodied, surrounded by a circle of men yelling and picking up huge rocks and hurling them on her.
Do I cry? Do I throw up?
Men are scary. How can women thrive, much less live, in a place where making a personal choice violates some other man's claim to property and he can, with a little help from his friends, kill you? In broad daylight. And no one will stop them.
And people roll their eyes when I talk about feminism and patriarchy.
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I know these things happen, but. Some days the world is just...not an okay place, not even a little bit, and it's a good thing I don't own a shotgun.
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...
It's heart stopping. Mind boggling. Stomach turning.
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No, I can't even think about it.
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May she rest peacefully. May her killers face justice. May we all strive for a better world where love is safe.
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it's amy winehouse completly drunk an hilarious on a uk panel show...there are three parts but this first part will direct you to the other two, obviously.
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Thank you for brightening up my day.
Maybe I should post depressing things more regularly and you can continue to cheer me up and sabotage my professional life with videos like these.