tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post7745020282629883993..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-9449561689998108382008-08-28T10:53:00.000-05:002008-08-28T10:53:00.000-05:00In that culture and much of the East (like the Ind...In that culture and much of the East (like the Indian sub-continent) sons are raised as little do-no-wrong Princes, and are total mama's boys. <BR/>When they marry (which is arraigned) the bride has to bring a dowry(!), literally to prove her worth (nowdays a dowry includes such prosaic and short-term value items as TV's, VCR's and stereo systems), and move in with The Boy/Prince's family who treat here as the newest toilet-cleaner and slave - and any indignity visited by her on the family results in physical abuse. It's an ass-backwards culture.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-46363880185254648612008-08-28T10:51:00.000-05:002008-08-28T10:51:00.000-05:00Poor child. At least she lived. Hopefully she wo...Poor child. At least she lived. Hopefully she won't be raped by the police.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-42824047251426297512008-08-27T22:50:00.000-05:002008-08-27T22:50:00.000-05:00Beautiful dress, though.Beautiful dress, though.g brohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143583786472206609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-4481373610432561932008-08-27T16:09:00.000-05:002008-08-27T16:09:00.000-05:00I couldn't get the link to come up... it just kept...I couldn't get the link to come up... it just kept loading and loading and loading... But, that said, I get the drift from your synopsis, Phlegmmy. We see too many of these stories. Way too many.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I half-seriously believe the "sheet o' glass" solution is the best and only hope for that part of the world. And there IS a precedent, of sorts. Think: Sodom and Gomorrah.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-35233686083835745052008-08-26T19:46:00.000-05:002008-08-26T19:46:00.000-05:00We in the west have to accept that there are bad p...We in the west have to accept that there are bad people who we share space with...these bad people are swhunned and when caught they are rightly punished.In the middle east the whole of society seems deathly sick...the depths of evil are tested with regularity and nobody seems to recognise the grip that death holds over the fate of all....how to fix?...beyond me.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-75077203192105499372008-08-26T13:16:00.000-05:002008-08-26T13:16:00.000-05:00They had to drug her too...that just shows it has ...They had to drug her too...that just shows it has nothing to do with allah but rather a sick pervasive evil.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.com