It is a crime to be raped…
“Just because this woman was forcibly overpowered and raped by six men does not relieve her of responsibility for her failure to maintain her obligation of chastity…..” “Ninety lashes would be sufficient for a simple case of immorality, but this woman allowed not one, but six men to have sex with her. An offense of such gross magnitude cries out for the severest of sanctions allowed by law.”
A brutally gang raped victim was initially ordered by Saudi Arabia court to undergo 90 lashes. She appealed the sentence, but instead, a tougher sentence was handed down to her with 200 lashes and six months jail. Her lawyer who defended her also had his law license revoked.
Spontaneously, I felt outraged and astonished to read this sad news. My initial reaction is, it is not right to punish the victim. What kind of camel justice is this ! No insensitivity intended, but my personal perception is, that country look so uncivilized and backward, it makes Haiti looks very modern and progressive. But I guess, different cultures have different perceptions and imlementations of "words of God". We should not be shocked by how justice is being interpreted and imposed by others. After all, most of us do have incompatible values of morality and decency. What is morally righteous in one country maybe outrageous to another ! We need to respect that country’s way of life, culture, religion, values, morality, and decency. As long as they keep their “righteousness” within the physical border of their country and practiced it on their own people, it is their rights. As much as we want to move forward into the future in civilized manner respectful of human rights and fairness, we also seriously need to respect the rights of cultures that glorified times past. On this score, it would be conducive to my mental health that I indulge in selective amnesia and phony righteousness in order not to be perceived as insensitive to other people cultures and religions.
Some cultures glorify death, and some cultures glorify life. Some cultures see death as a mean to enter spiritual eternity of paradize. Some cultures over celebrated life to derive hedonistic and sadistic pleasures of earthly paradize. Between divinity and secularism, there are limitless combinations and permutations of posibilities. Who are we to judge what is right and wrong ? We are basically a product of our own biased lamentatations. We just have to awake to this universal conciousness and adapt to this diverse perceptional habitats.
Other people can believe in whatever they want and adopt whatever lifestyle appropriate to them. As long as they don’t impose and intrude into our path, it is best we mind our own business and be at peace with ourselves irregardless of what other people’s dispositions.
Hmmmmm….. Am i walking the middle path ? What the F@ck !
A brutally gang raped victim was initially ordered by Saudi Arabia court to undergo 90 lashes. She appealed the sentence, but instead, a tougher sentence was handed down to her with 200 lashes and six months jail. Her lawyer who defended her also had his law license revoked.
Spontaneously, I felt outraged and astonished to read this sad news. My initial reaction is, it is not right to punish the victim. What kind of camel justice is this ! No insensitivity intended, but my personal perception is, that country look so uncivilized and backward, it makes Haiti looks very modern and progressive. But I guess, different cultures have different perceptions and imlementations of "words of God". We should not be shocked by how justice is being interpreted and imposed by others. After all, most of us do have incompatible values of morality and decency. What is morally righteous in one country maybe outrageous to another ! We need to respect that country’s way of life, culture, religion, values, morality, and decency. As long as they keep their “righteousness” within the physical border of their country and practiced it on their own people, it is their rights. As much as we want to move forward into the future in civilized manner respectful of human rights and fairness, we also seriously need to respect the rights of cultures that glorified times past. On this score, it would be conducive to my mental health that I indulge in selective amnesia and phony righteousness in order not to be perceived as insensitive to other people cultures and religions.
Some cultures glorify death, and some cultures glorify life. Some cultures see death as a mean to enter spiritual eternity of paradize. Some cultures over celebrated life to derive hedonistic and sadistic pleasures of earthly paradize. Between divinity and secularism, there are limitless combinations and permutations of posibilities. Who are we to judge what is right and wrong ? We are basically a product of our own biased lamentatations. We just have to awake to this universal conciousness and adapt to this diverse perceptional habitats.
Other people can believe in whatever they want and adopt whatever lifestyle appropriate to them. As long as they don’t impose and intrude into our path, it is best we mind our own business and be at peace with ourselves irregardless of what other people’s dispositions.
Hmmmmm….. Am i walking the middle path ? What the F@ck !
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