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Thread #135090   Message #3121420
Posted By: GUEST,lively
25-Mar-11 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Muslim prejudice
Subject: RE: BS: Muslim prejudice
"There is nithing in her statement (not sworn under oath I might add) to suggest that Pakistanis are closet Paedos."

No, but her statement would no doubt be controversial here nonetheless. She is saying that she thinks the culture of (2nd and 3rd generation) Pakistani's is misogynistic. And that this culturally informed misogyny helps to "draw them into" crimes against women. Now whether she is correct or not in her opinion isn't what I'm interested in, what I'm questioning is whether or not she could express such an opinion in an environment such as this for example (ie: in a predominantly left-wing context), without being abused for being a racist. What I'm saying is that it's a difficult subject to discuss without encroaching into potentially taboo areas. And when people (and most especially the victims of abuse) are nervous of breaking taboo's, they will stay silent.