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AnneD

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8. For all it's faults....

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:30 PM

Dec 2012

I have always felt safe traveling in India with my daughter.....Until this last trip. Young college aged tourists are kidnapped for ransom-esp European looking ones. My daughter was missing in Mumbai when her plan landed. Hubby and her boyfriend were frantic and Hubby was ready to fly from Hyderabad to Mumbai to look for her. They finally located her at the airport-the plane taxied into the international side instead of the local.

Rape of women has always been unthinkable to the average Indian. No matter what one had to worry about being a woman in India...rape was not one of them, until now. This is so sad.

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Fury, anguish after hours-long gang-rape in India [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 OP

Despicable!!! Beacool Dec 2012 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #2

yes shireen Dec 2012 #4

It seems even treating women as human beings would be a good start. colorado_ufo Dec 2012 #6

yes, such as not killing girl babies ellenrr Jan 2013 #30

India liberalmike27 Dec 2012 #3

NUCLEAR IDEA ROBROX Dec 2012 #10

Out of curiosity, why do you call India that? n/t xocet Dec 2012 #17

We view it as an inexhaustible source of marginally well educated, really cheap labor. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #24

Disgusting. blackspade Dec 2012 #5

I have no words! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #7

For all it's faults.... AnneD Dec 2012 #8

No matter what one had to worry about being a woman in India...rape was not one of them... AlbertCat Dec 2012 #11

You do know okasha Dec 2012 #12

extraterrestials or dragons AlbertCat Dec 2012 #18

Let me rephrase this in elementary terms. okasha Dec 2012 #20

From Wikipedia: AlbertCat Dec 2012 #21

Uncle Tom's Cabin was also a work of fiction Hugabear Dec 2012 #22

And so ends the conversation... Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #25

The typical tactic of a DU expert. AlbertCat Dec 2012 #27

That was a reference to okasha, the expert on Indian culture. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #28

there are people fighting hard that rape/gang rape is anything different from yesterday. seabeyond Dec 2012 #26

Hubby is Indian... AnneD Dec 2012 #13

Actually rape has always been a huge problem in India ellenrr Jan 2013 #31

Hubby and I .... AnneD Jan 2013 #33

What's ONE capable word? Plucketeer Dec 2012 #9

it's time women took their anger to the streets Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #14

There are often separate rail passenger acrs for women obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #15

Men who hurt women and children should not be welcome on planet earth. aquart Dec 2012 #16

Yes! ... I would add, "or animals." ellenrr Jan 2013 #32

... zabet Dec 2012 #19

last i read they were blaming girls wearing short skirts and tight jeans JI7 Dec 2012 #23

kick Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #29