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02-18-2009, 02:31 PM #1
Honor killing and the difference in cultures.
Not wanting to hijack the recent thread on the beheading in Buffalo,NY I am posting another thread on the question of "honor killing" The beheading thread brought to mind this report I heard on NPR back in 2005 concerning "honor killing" in Iraq .
It is eight minutes long and you can listen to it here . When I heard the murderer of poor Fatima say that the family couldn't have held their head up unless he had done what he did I knew that our cultures were so far apart that it is unlikely we would ever find a peaceful co-existence.
For my culture and I hope yours killing Fatima would have been the dishonorable action. How do we "win" and bring democracy to people who have a mindset such as this ?Last edited by JimmyHAD; 02-18-2009 at 02:48 PM.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.