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Evil. No Other Word for It

  • Apr. 29th, 2008 at 1:45 PM
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It's not just me, is it?  This is an act of such unspeakable evil and cruelty that no curse in any language is sufficient for this particular species of filth.  I find the third paragraph particularly chilling from an alleged officer of the law.

I'm sick to death of hearing about how we should 'respect cultural differences' or 'respect their religion' in cases like this. No. No more. Star Trek-like Prime Directives be f*cked. Enough of this shit. There is nothing to respect in a culture or religion that would not just condone, but encourage this sort of behaviour. 

'Honour killing', eh?  Well, Mr Abdel-Qader, those of us who have more than two brain cells to rub together have a different word for it: murder. And the most despicable form of murder, too - murder of your own child, for whom you have a duty of care and should, if you had an ounce of human decency in you, feel a certain amount of love. I cannot imagine what it takes to do this to one's own flesh and blood, but I have a pretty good idea that the R-word is involved. The quicker we as a species grow up and cast off this plague of religion, the better.  Any school of thought or belief that encourages the sort of action this deluded pig and his brainless sons engaged in not a direction any intelligent, civilised society should want to move in. In the extremely unlikely event that there is a hell, I hope this murdering scum and all of his accomplices and apologists burn in it.

Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens would no doubt put it more eloquently, but let me cut to the crux of the matter: 

Religion is the pox on the arse of humanity. It's the poor excuse men and women use to blame god for the evil shit that they do.

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[info]autopope wrote:
Apr. 29th, 2008 04:47 pm (UTC)
I should just like to note that prior to the first US/Iraq war of 1991-92, Iraq was one of the more secular and liberal societies in the Middle East, for women. (And I should like to add that prior to the Soviet withdrawl from Afghanistan in 1987, Afghanistan was ditto.)

Political and military destabilization -- combined with potloads of barking mad Salafi preachers bankrolled by the Saudis -- provide an opening for the Mutaween thugs and their backers, and that is where this sort of shit comes from.

(Otherwise, agreed 100%.)
[info]nashmeister wrote:
Apr. 30th, 2008 09:34 am (UTC)
Fair points, Charlie. I don't know enough about the region's recent history to comment on your comments, but to a certain extent, it's irrelevant how this state of affairs has come to be. It happens and it's evil, and when I read the story I couldn't help the wave of fury that swept over me.

Every night, before going to bed, I check on my two daughters to make sure they're safe and well. The idea that somewhere in the world, there are fathers more concerned with their own narrow and primitive notion of honour than with the well-being of their own flesh and blood makes me sick and angry. Believe it or not, the post above is the controlled version!
(Anonymous) wrote:
Apr. 29th, 2008 06:42 pm (UTC)
Dishonor Killings
These crimes are believed to have their origins in misinterpretations of pre-Islamic Arab tribal codes. They didn't just start happening with the fall of the Hussein regime. In fact, these crimes are on the increase, not only in Iraq, but in many countries.

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
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