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Thread #47509   Message #710214
Posted By: InOBU
13-May-02 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: Rape
Subject: RE: Rape
Hi Sharon: As far as I know from my work, the rapists in Bangladesh are Moslem, and there is not a practice among the Hindhu populaiton there of "honor killing". The open question posed though, is where are the men of the Hindu community who would bring honor to this by loving the victem enough to share the pain in the aftermath of rape. That is the question posed in the song, after the clear condemnation of 1. the fundimentalist government which condones rape of minorities as a tool of forced migration, 2. condemnation of the rapist being tolerated among his people (moslems) 3. condemnaiton of the world which expresses the notion, don't tell me about this, I don't want to deel with it - it is too far away for me to care.
Thanks for the caring comments, Larry