Ah, well, it had potential to be an interesting discussion on a compassionate topic.

can we plase keep this on the plight of women,, and not on the individual political viewpoints we each have?

In typical Beardedbruce fashion, he offers his crippled world view then suggests everyone else stop offering their world views. "Plight" is about as overused an adjective as I can think of, and to suggest that all women suffer a plight is reductive.

Some cultures treat their women badly, and unfortunately, the women are often complicit in the cruelty because they have been raised to tolerate it. In India there is a growing activist movement among women to try to prevent these burnings from happening. In the Palestinian community, as in Indian communities, the most effective activism will come from within the culture. Finding ways to support women in their growing activism will have the most durable effect. Parsing out the borders and cultures of the abomination from across the seas is a waste of time. Put your money where your mouth by helping women become financially secure. One way is through small loans to set up their own businesses. Microbanking.

But people who live in glass houses are discussing this here at Mudcat. We in Western cultures throw away millions of individuals through prison and homelessness. Mental health care is almost non-existent after Reagan finished trashing the funding and with minimum standards on prison sentences creeping up and the proliferation of three strikes laws many people are thrown away and the key thrown after them. Do you think this is somehow more humane than what is happening elsewhere?