Ok, how's this.... What happens in Turkey is happening in Turkey. US groups have NO right to make comment. It is absolutely none of your business on ANY level.
If this practice is exported to the US then do something. Your rights (on ANY level) end at your borders. The US and its people have forgotten this. These are Sovereign nations and their culture and traditions. When there are no more drug gangs, no more starving people on your streets, when all your people have access to medical and general health care, when equality reigns in your courts and education is once again at least decent and universal THEN and only then can you have an opinion. But you won't need to have one then as the US will be the example that it purports to be; but is failing miserably at. Your system would be copied and desire to accomplish the same would be rampant in the world.... and you won't have to say a word. The best form of leadership is by example...... no other method has ever worked.(for long) On Mar 29, 8:44 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mark!!! (And CW!!) > > I find the silence from the so-called women'ts groups not only deafening, > but just out right hypocritical. It is just another demonstration of how > their agenda is not what it appears to be, *e,g*,; "women's rights & > equality"; which I believe is secondary to these groups' partisan, and > apparently secularist, far left socialist-elitist agenda. > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Ohio mark <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > I find the silence from the so called women's groups deafening. > > > On Mar 29, 7:53 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "In her hometown of Batman – nicknamed "Suicide City" – 75 percent of > > > all suicides are committed now by women." > > > > Now mark, we both know the hometown of Batman is Gotham City. ;-) > > > > The bottom line is "the religion of peace" doesn't value life and that is > > > the slippery slope we go down regarding the unborn. > > > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ohio mark" <[email protected]> > > > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 07:16 > > > Subject: Muslim women told: For family's sake, commit suicide > > > > Turkey's crackdown on the practice of honor killing has resulted in > > > unintended consequences – instead of being murdered by a close male > > > relative for bringing dishonor to their families, Muslim women are > > > being pressured to commit suicide. > > > > And the numbers of "honor suicides" are soaring, reported the UK's > > > Independent. > > > > Despite a 2005 change in the nation's penal code requiring a mandatory > > > life sentence for honor killers, the number of women killed by male > > > relatives is at a record level – more than 200 a year, half of all > > > murders committed in Turkey. But it is that change in the law that has > > > given rise to the growing phenomenon of women taking their own lives. > > > Prior to 2005, killers were able to receive reduced sentences by > > > claiming provocation. > > > > Elif, 18, from Batman in southeast Turkey, was told by her father she > > > must kill herself so he would not be sent to prison for murdering her > > > after she refused an offer of an arranged marriage with an older man. > > > > "I loved my father so much, I was ready to commit suicide for him even > > > though I hadn't done anything wrong," she said. "But I just couldn't > > > go through with it. I love life too much." > > > > The young woman was forced to flee and go into hiding. Her uncles and > > > other relatives have been hunting her for the past eight months, even > > > conducting an armed raid of a women's shelter where she had been. > > > > "I managed to escape," said Elif. "When I was at school, a few girls I > > > knew were killed by their families in the name of honor – one of them > > > for simply receiving a text message from a boy." > > > > In her hometown of Batman – nicknamed "Suicide City" – 75 percent of > > > all suicides are committed now by women. > > > >http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93252- Hide quoted > > >text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
