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To: Garden Rose who wrote (275980)	7/9/2010 4:44:44 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"You are really obsessed with honor killings. Have you been contemplating one?' What a ridiculous thing to say Rosita. Unless honour killing and evil in general is a good thing it would be wise to be obsessed with it. North America "A 2007 study by Dr. Amin Muhammad and Dr. Sujay Patel of Memorial University, Canada, showed how Islamic honor killings have been brought to Canada. He wrote: "When people come and settle in Canada they can bring their traditions and forcefully follow them. In some cultures, people feel some boundaries are never to be crossed, and if someone would violate those practices or go against it, then murder is justified to them." He also noted that there are hundreds of cases annually in his native Pakistan. He added that "In different cultures, they can get away without being punished — the courts actually sanction them under religious contexts" An article in the Spring 2009 edition of Middle East Quarterly argues that the United States is far behind Europe in acknowledging that honor killings are a special form of domestic violence, requiring special training and special programs to protect the young women and girls most likely to be the victim of such. The article suggests that the fear of being labeled "culturally insensitive" prevents US government officials and the media from both identifying and accurately reporting these incidents as "honor killings" when they occur. Failing to accurately describe the problem makes it more difficult to develop public policies to address it." en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

To: Garden Rose who wrote (275980)	7/10/2010 10:14:41 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

In the good old days, the British would build a gallows and after the Moslem murderers had done their cultural work of killing women, the British would do theirs, of hanging the men. That's an excellent idea. Hang all those involved in conspiracy to "honour" kill. Then sell their body parts at auction to help people in need of organ transplants and other renovation. That would make the "honour" men somewhat circumspect. Mqurice