Unbelievable!! lol.. Comparing a simple girl who was walking down the street with someone other than her husband with a Pedophile!! very nice!!!!! And What crimes did this young woman do to deserve public humiliation like this in the first place? ... Public humiliation may not be a bad thing for those who commit horrendous crimes which was NOT the case as far as this young 17 year old girl is concerned so your point is moot and downright embarrassing for an educated person like you to defend something like this.
1) it wasn't a public humiliation. Look up the definition.
2) You're twisting words. I have said in a previous post that the girl was probably innocent, however the attention to the "barbaric" punishment by you and your ilk, is nothing more than melodrama to try and change the Swat peace deal. The flogging was more like a tap on her back, it did not even penetrate layers of clothing. That was not barbaric or perverse. It was simply symbolic. That symbolism didn't carry out any punishment, and that is the point I was trying to convey to you, not whether she guilty of a crime, something which I stated before is that she's probably innocent.
Another point, are differences in culture. I don't know what her crime was like you seem to. Here is what I found:
"The details of her alleged crime were confused, but residents in her village of Kala Killey in Swat said the woman was accused of illicit relations with an electrician and forced to marry him as part of her punishment."
Pakistan court investigates woman's flogging | smh.com.au
What does "illicit relations" mean to you? Stepping outside with another man?
For me personally, I'd not bat an eyelid, it's her business if she likes the whole village. But that's my own cultural views. If the people of Swat regard it as normal, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Since I don't know what they regard as normal in Swat, as no survey has been taken, it's none of my business to say whether illicit relations should be illicit in Swat, or shouldn't be. Personally, I hope they realize it's a personal choice eventually.
This event IS a major Grievance aside from the ones you listed above which are very very important concerns as well.. but this goes far beyond just a girl being punished for merely no reason. It shows a lot more about the the consequences of having a Taliban Government in power. No Free Speech, No Civil Liberties, No conscience, No Gender Equality, Sexism, no proper law and order, Totalitarianism, Bigotry and Fascism at its best.
This may not be a concern for you .. but it sure as hell is a concern for me being especially being a resident of Peshawar.
That's funny, I know many residents of Peshawar, and none of them speak English as well as you, not to mention have Canadian flags up on their profiles. But you can be what you want.. it's the internet after all. But I digress.
Having the Taliban in power would be something like this or the MMA, which led to some ultra conservative laws that were nonsensical. What happened to the MMA? They were voted out of power by people in the region. So why is one Mullah so powerful in Swat? He's had some outside help. Instead of genociding Pakistanis, the answer is to look at where his weapons are coming from. Then to prevent him from getting those weapons. If you want the whole of Pakistan to become Talibanized, you have the right attitude for making this happen, by bombing the inhabitants.
but seriously, you talk of re educating people like them when they would put a slug into anyone's head who would approach them and insult their intelligence, they are already burning police stations, so let's see what happens when the government sends ''Re - Education'' officers into Swat.
