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The latter was said by a child, so it's not even worth talking about. The mother acted wrongly, not the child. But lets twist it, only without the masquerade:
by dgesang 14y ago
The latter was said by a child, so it's not even worth talking about. The mother acted wrongly, not the child.
But lets twist it, only without the masquerade: Imagine 'Ela' is on holiday in the Near East and wears a tank top. Don't you think that people would 'look funny at her'? She also might get molested for not being dressed properly. Local women even get stoned for that.
- ceejayoz 14y ago> The latter was said by a child, so it's not even worth talking about. The mother acted wrongly, not the child. Chances are the kid's asking the question because the parent or another adult equates a head scarf with terrorism. > But lets twist it, only without the masquerade: Imagine 'Ela' is on holiday in the Near East and wears a tank top. Don't you think that people would 'look funny at her'? She also might get molested for not being dressed properly. Local women even get stoned for that. NONE OF WHICH IS THE LEAST FUCKING BIT OKAY, EITHER!
- dgesang 14y ago> Chances are the kid's asking the question because the parent or another adult equates a head scarf with terrorism. So either the parents or even the kid itself is brainwashed by poorly spinned U.S. TV. > NONE OF WHICH IS THE LEAST FUCKING BIT OKAY, EITHER! Ofc, stop screaming, I didn't said it was.
- icebraining 14y agoSo what? Is being "not as bad as fundamentalist states" enough?
- dgesang 14y agoNo it is not enough, but it could be worse. And for most regions in the world IT IS worse. Stop implying such bullshit into others statement. All I said was that in those countries people treat foreigners much worse. I didn't justify or judge either side.
- icebraining 14y agoThere's always worse. I don't see what the point of bringing that up if not for making the discussed issue seem less bad.
- wpietri 14y agoTotal false equivalence. We aren't responsible for what happens in other countries. We are responsible for what happens here. And if Ela is on holiday and wearing a tank top, she wouldn't be doing it for religious reasons.
- hn_is_vile 14y agoSo your baseline for acceptable behaviour is somewhere that women get stoned for wearing a tank top? You don't want to aim just a little higher?
- ktizo 14y agoNear East is a big and poorly defined area. Israel is in the Near East according to the US State Department, but not according to the Library of Congress (which is a little odd as the Library of Congress does list all of Israel's neighbours as being in the Near East).
- onetwothreefour 14y agoYou need to look up "false equivalence".