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8 Beheaded in India
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 06:56 pm |
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Eight beheaded after wedding dispute in India
Wealthy bride´s kin allegedly killed poverty-stricken groom´s relatives
PATNA, India - Eight members of a man´s poverty-ridden family were shot and beheaded before their bodies were thrown into a river in eastern India after he secretly married a wealthy girl, police said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29134554
I don´t know if this is happening more often or if it is just reported more....but honor killings seem to be getting out of hand!
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 07:48 pm |
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That´s disgusting  I can´t believe such things are still happening.
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 07:54 pm |
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That´s disgusting I can´t believe such things are still happening.
Rezzzzzpect, DD, it´s just their culture.... 
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:00 pm |
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Indian Montagues and Capulets?
What an absurd world this is.
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:05 pm |
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Rezzzzzpect, DD, it´s just their culture....
I know you´re being tongue in cheek/sarcastic about it.
But culture is a poor-piss excuse for violating human rights.
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:12 pm |
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I know you´re being tongue in cheek/sarcastic about it.
But culture is a poor-piss excuse for violating human rights.
Of course it is. But you should hear some of my students sometimes (most are nice but some....). We (people in the Netherlands they mean) have to accept everything because of that culture!
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:36 pm |
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That´s something I´d call dis-culture...
Trudy I imagine it´s hard to stand people using the "culture" excuse for promoting violence, inequality and -isms
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:52 pm |
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That´s something I´d call dis-culture...
Trudy I imagine it´s hard to stand people using the "culture" excuse for promoting violence, inequality and -isms
It´s not that bad. I say what I think about their ideas - and not always in ´political correct words´... Sometimes a discussion follows and sometimes I just say ´shut up´. (Being in charge can be fun!  )
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 08:55 pm |
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Of course it is. But you should hear some of my students sometimes (most are nice but some....). We (people in the Netherlands they mean) have to accept everything because of that culture!
I wonder if they would be so accepting of your culture if you lived in their country.
Hey Trudy, I don´t know if you´ve read this book, but I think you´d be interested. It´s called "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and it´s about a Muslim-turned-atheist woman from Somalia who immigrated to the Netherlands and actually became a member of the Dutch parliament. It´s a fascinating account of her experiences (albeit criticised as a bit one-sided, but hey, it´s her story). It does touch on the topic of integrating (or not) into a new number culture.
Edited (2/11/2009) by Melek74
Edited (2/11/2009) by Melek74
[Into a new number? WTF? Did I write that?]
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11 Feb 2009 Wed 10:41 pm |
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I wonder if they would be so accepting of your culture if you lived in their country.
Hey Trudy, I don´t know if you´ve read this book, but I think you´d be interested. It´s called "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and it´s about a Muslim-turned-atheist woman from Somalia who immigrated to the Netherlands and actually became a member of the Dutch parliament. It´s a fascinating account of her experiences (albeit criticised as a bit one-sided, but hey, it´s her story). It does touch on the topic of integrating (or not) into a new number.
Haven´t read that one of her, and I must admit I don´t like AHA, I know enough scandals around her to think I can´t trust her.
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