I have no words.

[original_aj]

An appeal court in Saudi Arabia has doubled the number of lashes and added a jail sentence as punishment for a woman who was gang-raped

Yes, she is being punished for getting raped.

There are no words to express my feelings at this point, but I would very much like to be alone with the judge right now.

Excuse me while I go and hit something very hard.

Comments

[digitalraven]

You act like this is something out of the ordinary, something unique. Your assumptions are wrong.

This is your world:
"…well over two million kids - some younger even than one year old - are kidnapped and sold to prostitution, sexual slavery and sexual exploitation worldwide every year."

"Pony is an orangutan from a prostitute village in Borneo. We found her chained to a wall, lying on a mattress. She had been shaved all over her body. If a man walked near her, she would turn herself around, present herself, and start gyrating and going through the motions. She was being used as a sex slave. She was probably about six or seven years old when we rescued her, but she had been held captive by a madam for a long time. The madam refused to give up the animal because everyone loved Pony and she was a big part of their income."

These people live on your planet. These are not unusual situations. That you think they are says a lot about your media.

[rdi.livejournal.com]

OK, now that my stomach has stopped turning in disgust, here's the unicorn chaser those links need:

[nickys.livejournal.com]

> These people live on your planet. These are not unusual situations.

True, but the day anyone stops being outraged and appalled by those situations is the day they cease to be truly human.


I also think there's a difference between evil that happens and is recognised as a criminal act, and evil that is entrenched in a judicial system which claims moral authority over people.