Maldives court sentences girl of 15 to 100 lashes for being raped

drunkenmaster said:
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I wasn't aware that because the government of the UK has committed morally dubious acts (along with the USA) I was unable to criticise other nations who do the same.

As I'm clearly such a strong supporter of the USA & UK government's foreign policy along with corporal punishment in the UK.

Thanks for enlightening me.
 
Its tragic really. We need to get these countries signed up to a Human Rights charter or refuse to do business with them (obviously difficult when they have the oil but nm).

But what a predicament for the women to be in, if they get raped and accuse someone of it, then the prosecution will go digging into her past to get her tried for something not related and get her punished for that to discredit her... Or she doesn't report it, and then she could get found out to be a non virgin before married and then she would be punished anyway.

Its a bit of a catch 22 really..
 
Fenris said:
I love how you read my post and managed to discover from it that I hold either the UK or US up as beacons of culture or society, that I agree with the War in Afghanistan and every terrible act committed by my own government.

It's amazing how much you can read in a post a few dozen words long.

Or are you, as I assume, just looking for an excuse to spew bile?
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If not Western Culture, then by which marker are you making the comparison?

elmarko said:
I wasn't aware that because the government of the UK has committed morally dubious acts (along with the USA) I was unable to criticise other nations who do the same.
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To defend Drunkenmaster, it does appear that as you (Fenris) are referring to "modern Society/world", the obvious reference would be to the more modern cultures within that, which would primarily include Western Culture, which is largely influenced by Anglo-European ideology. I don't think he was stating that you agree with government policies, but pointing out that "modern society" has plenty of issues of its own and that maybe we should have our own house in order before being overly critical of others. (that is not to say we should not be critical, only that we should not hold ourselves or this so called "modern society" as the reference with which to judge).
 
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CREATIVE!11 said:
LETS BRING SHARIAH LAW TO THE UK!!1!

No how about you go back to where u came from if you want that crapp?
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You've got interracial law, the Mozlamic infidel.. They're tryna get their law ova our country, its ha-ha-happenin', its happenin', its happenin' in ova countries like, l-like... you've got Mozlamic ray guns.
 
FishFluff said:
How about we stop meddling in other countries affairs?
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If it wasn't for use meddling in other countries affairs the world would be a hell of allot worse, Our forefathers had a lot of things wrong but the one thing they had right was to set a high precedent and force the world to accept.
If it wasn't for us meddling in the affairs of others slavery would still be wide spread.
 
tom_e said:
It also states in the same article that the pre marital sex charges were not based on her being raped but on something she did at another time.
So while I don't agree on the laws or punishment it's fair enough she broke their laws she pays the price.
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Ah yeah that's OK then, she got raped by her step dad who then proceeded to murder the baby... but because she might have also had per-marital sex on another occasion she deffo deserves 100 lashes.

What sort of backward way of thinking allows people to believe that that is an OK way of dealing with the situation?
 
Linkex said:
His point is legit - she broke the law and is being punished in accordance with the law.
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The trouble with this viewpoint is that she has no choice over where she was born and where she now lives and perhaps the most difficult thing here is that the biggest income for the Maldives is tourism and they have absolutely no problem with tourists getting up to whatever in hotel rooms.

So we have a set of laws which apply to the natives but for which visitors are exempt. You have to admit this is bizarre.
 
Castiel said:
I don't think he was stating that you agree with government policies, but pointing out that "modern society" has plenty of issues of its own and that maybe we should have our own house in order before being overly critical of others. (that is not to say we should not be critical, only that we should not hold ourselves or this so called "modern society" as the reference with which to judge).
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Well while its true that we're far from perfect we're also in a society where we can be quite openly self critical about the way we do things. I don't see an issue with criticising an aspect of another society and pointing out that we do things better in some respects. Obviously the UK isn't exactly the gold standard while it comes to teenagers shagging around judging by the teenage pregnancy rates in some areas however I'd rather live in a society where the resulting pregnancies presented a social issue than one where the act itself (on the part of the teenager(s))was considered a serious criminal issue.
 
Even though this case is unrelated in this particular instance, this sort of thing does happen and some countries have absolutely ridiculous 'laws'.

Also, lashes? What the hell is that supposed to achieve. Idiotic country.
 
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