I think honor killings definitely represent a problem. Please explain what was solved by me saying so? I picked the Catholic Church in America as an example of an issue that I might maybe be able to make a difference on. It could just as easily have been an AIDS vaccine. All of us only have so much bandwidth.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > The reference to Saudi Arabia was a specific one in relation to the thread > on beheading as a fixture of Islam. > As for womens issues, why only the Catholic Church in America? I think this > rolls back to the beginning of the thread and brings up the point of the > victim and how her religious community is addressing the problems of women. > Who speaks for her. Who speaks for all the girls killed for 'honor', > including one just the other day who turned out to still be a virgin. whoops > > And don't get me started on the self censorship/blindness of womens rights > groups in this. > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> well gee. Is it a problem that somebody in Saudi Arabia got beheaded? >> Sure. Is it a problem that the Catholic Church in the United States >> does not address the problems of women? Sure. >> >> Where is it more useful to me for me to spend my time? >> >> ::shrug:: >> >> > And some pretend there is no problem. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
