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It might seem like an overreaction from a western point of view, but the accusations in the context of Central Asian culture is something so extremely sensitive
by omeid2 1y ago
It might seem like an overreaction from a western point of view, but the accusations in the context of Central Asian culture is something so extremely sensitive that people from all walks of life, from nobility to the poor kill and die over it. It is just a different frame of mind.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoI'm sorry but stabbing someone over a single text message is not cultural difference, is idiocy.
- pjc50 1y agoHonor culture makes people do weird and terrible things. The American cultural version would be the same thing but with a gun.
- omeid2 1y ago"A single text" is an absurd reductionism. People suffer worst than death over words all the time, even in the West. Some folks adhere to honour, some to political groups and ideologies, some religion, some to their social views; there are words that are treated as violence and responded to accordingly in every context.
- g-b-r 1y agoAccordingly would be with (violent) words. Could you tell us where you're from, anyhow?
- GoblinSlayer 1y agoAt least you can defend yourself in that case. For comparison in USA you can go to jail for life if FBI drops a picture on your computer.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoIt's like a Reddit relationships post, it's highly unlikely the single text message was the whole issue.
- batuhanicoz 1y agoThis is an overreaction. It's violence. Trying to justify it by claiming it's part of their culture is not healthy, I think we can have some universal values (don't stab people?) and it is perfectly reasonable to force people to adopt to those values. It's their culture? They can leave the violent parts of culture behind and adopt to the expectations of modern society (not stabbing people). I'm Turkish. I grew up in Turkey. These things happen, but let's not try to justify them. We should aim to get to a point where people share these "western values" (of not stabbing people).
- dooglius 1y agoThe point of the comment you're responding to is not to justify it, the point is to rebut GP's assertion that the violence would have occurred anyway.
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago> it is perfectly reasonable to force people to adopt to those values. No, it isn't (slippery slope fallacy I know), because that's what's happening in western politics as we speak and I for one am Not Okay with it.
- readthenotes1 1y agoThe other replies seem to indicate that cultural diversity is fine as long as it's in accord with their culture.