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calochortus12/28/2012 9:02:04 pm PST

re: #50 Interesting Times

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According to the #DelhiGangRape hashtag, the capital is pretty much under lockdown right now (Metro stations closed, police out in full force, etc). Stupid, corrupt, worthless Indian gov’t more concerned about protecting their own hides than women, of course. That’s one miserable excuse of a “democracy” you got there, where half your citizens have to live in terror. Scum.

Apparently the police haven’t been interested in pursuing crimes against women for decades-maybe they never did. Groping on buses, rape, domestic violence? Not their problem. Time for it to change. Maybe this will be the thing that finally brings some change.

Interestingly, about half the Freepers commenting on this simply want the perpetrators to be Muslim and the applicable law to be Sharia. Several others pointed out that it wasn’t Muslims, and Sharia isn’t involved, but then the conversation sort of petered out. No discussion of women’s rights or even social attitudes that permit this sort of thing. It might have been interesting to see their attitudes in that respect…