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Originally Posted by squirrely girl
have to say i completely agree - there does come a point in time, when despite being respectful to cultural differences, some practices are just plain wrong. human rights violations are just unacceptable to me. as a global society we do have some responsibility to point out these violations, and if necessary, intervene. WWII, bosnia, rwanda, darfur, etc...
200 lashes will likely kill this young woman. 90 would have been bad enough and certainly caused significant bodily harm and disfigurement.
this is NOT an appropriate response of a legal system that is supposed to protect its citizens. even worse, when you think of this as a legal system who's laws possibly contribute to the actual crime. Should we have strict laws to prevent sexual predators or are they breeding more sexual predators by virtue of not allowing normal developmentally appropriate interactions between the sexes?
Its like sex education in this country. By taking an abstinence only educational perspective, you get a bunch of ignorant kids who teach each other or make stuff up. I’m not saying that disallowing interaction with opposite sex non-relatives makes rapists. But I am saying that it could lead to situations where woefully ignorant people make horrible decisions.
So again, why would you punish the victim? It DOES NOT make sense.
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I didn't say we should respect their customs. I just said that there's no point in trying to rationalize how/why they do things their way...because according to what we believe here in our country, their way makes no sense.
Saudi Arabia has been doing things this way for a long time...this is just one case. Where's the outrage for public beheadings for crimes that might not even earn prison time here? There are plenty of men that are executed for stupid reasons, too.
And...doesn't everyone get why Saudi Arabia thinks it's ok to punish this woman? Because they don't see her as a victim...she disobeyed one of their laws...she broke the law, and reaped what she sowed. THAT is how messed up that place is.
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