So very hard to believe we're in the 21st century at times - Rape honour killings!

[Neil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895 Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called "honour killings", according to aid workers.

[MoonSylver]

Yep, between how barbaric 1/2 the world still is & the fact I still don't have a jet pack, raygun, or robot sex slave, I refuse to believe I'm living in the "21st century". The future this ain't.

[Neil]

^^ lol!

[Tricky]

And wheres my friggin' flying car??? But in all seriousness, its disgusting that they still carry out these "honor killings", even here in the UK it still happens. I struggle to understand the mentality of Islam a lot of the time, and I find it just frustrating that they seem to refuse to move with the times and come out of the dark ages. I know some muslims who are perfectly fine & decent people, but I find it hard to believe that worldwide its the majority that are decent & a minority that are extremist, because it certainly doesnt look that way when you hear about these things...

[shootemindehead]

I'd be careful about the "news" one choses to believe coming out of Libya right now. There's an awful lot of bullshit floating around.

[Danny]

dude things are just as f*cked up here. It was in the news last week a cheerleader at some american high school in texas was kicked off the squad for refusing to cheer for the qaurterback who raped her and when she took it to court the judge said she was in the wrong! rape still seems tainted with the 1950's "shame on the woman" bullshit no matter where you go. why bother dealing with it properly when you can take the route to make it seem like the 'shame' she brought her family never happened?

[Neil]

dude things are just as f*cked up here. It was in the news last week a cheerleader at some american high school in texas was kicked off the squad for refusing to cheer for the qaurterback who raped her and when she took it to court the judge said she was in the wrong! rape still seems tainted with the 1950's "shame on the woman" bullshit no matter where you go. why bother dealing with it properly when you can take the route to make it seem like the 'shame' she brought her family never happened? Link?

[Danny]

Link? http://www.politicususa.com/en/texas-cheerleader-rape just google it for a hundred sites reporting it, its been kind of a big deal.

[Neil]

http://www.politicususa.com/en/texas-cheerleader-rape just google it for a hundred sites reporting it, its been kind of a big deal. J-e-s-u-s C-h-r-i-s-t ! So what's the latest on this then?

[blind2d]

Holy crow. You know what? Some people are just idiots. I don't know why, but it's true. Human nature, I guess. And then, the smart people get all pretentious thinking they're better than others, and act like assholes, even if they are better. So really, it's a lose-lose. But at least I know how to deal with rape. Don't do it. And if you see someone trying to do it, stop them. It's almost as bad as killing somebody, and y'know what? At least nine times out of ten it's a dumbass man raping a perfectly good woman. That's what grinds my gills. Idiot men. Men are idiots. Not all, but a lot. Probably a greater percentile than women, but I have no data to back that up.

[Neil]

http://www.politicususa.com/en/texas-cheerleader-rape just google it for a hundred sites reporting it, its been kind of a big deal. This has got (TV?) movie written all over it!