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In reply to the discussion: If women have to get their tits out to make a point, so be it. [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)For the crime of, or apparent... insanity of..? Showing her breasts? Objecting to ancient oppression that we all know is despicable? Daring to say what we all already know...? Her own family did this (placed her in a psych hospital). I just can't wrap my head around it, as much as I like to think of myself as fairly well educated, when stuff like this happens everything I know (or think I know) serves no purpose. All I can do is sit in awe of the ignorance and stupidity of so very many people, who embrace their religions over their humanity. I do not think that, were they all real and alive today... that any of the great spiritual leaders of the past would approve of Sharia law, or of Western, Conservative Christianity.
I am reminded of one of the earliest stories of the bible. According to the myth, Adam and Eve were naked when they came into the world... then they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge - and Adam was ashamed for he had no clothes. The idea that covering ourselves up displays noble virtue is moronic. The apparent "shame" of being naked is a HUMAN thing. It hasn't got a damn thing to do with spirituality.
I am reminded of why I despise organized religion. This is what happens when it is permitted to be taken to extremes. The most despicable sort of oppression we can imagine, where people are locked up, or killed... simply for speaking their minds, or for daring to show their naked bodies to the world.
I agree with Amina. Fuck their morals.
I'd like to take action to help, but the kind of action I want to take would require violence. Anyone who threatens or seeks to harm this young lady should themselves be stoned. Hell, I'd gladly throw the first rock.
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