Comments | salvaje_sueno: why would you consent to this

salvaje_sueno

why would you consent to this

Jul 12, 2005 15:45

Sentenced to Rape and Imminent Death

"While this practice is condemned as barbaric by modern societies, some societies punish the victims of rape as well as the perpetrators. According to such cultures, being raped dishonors the victim and, in some cases, the victim's family. In Middle Eastern societies, rape victims may be killed in "honor ( Read more... )

political criticism

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shellie0055 July 12 2005, 15:54:33 UTC

Well said. It really is disgusting. Makes me shudder and wonder what other evils are also accepted.

salvaje_sueno July 13 2005, 19:29:44 UTC

Sometimes it's a little disheartening to realize that so much happens and that it can't be changed. But thanks.

anonymous July 12 2005, 20:14:05 UTC

Oh god. Come off it. So many other people die from life threatening disease and your here bitching about rape. I know rape is bad. I lived through one but as a victim AND a survivor I know that it's not the end of the world. Ok convicting them was wrong and disgusting but come back down from your high horse. I moved on and realize people are SICK. It is the way humanity is and I have accepted that but now you have to think that their are people who haven’t been raped and are suffering worse ( ... )

salvaje_sueno July 13 2005, 17:43:00 UTC

True, I can spend time doing something to change an aspect of the world that can be changed, and I try to work on bettering such things in any way I can. That does not mean, however, that I cannot state my opinion on aspects of life that I can't change. I did not say that my goal was to end rape, because that's never going to happen. But if I feel strongly about something, I'm going to talk about it because that's how I feel. So what if I'm not helping anyone w/ my rants: all people have done worse w/ their time. So what if no one bloody listens to me: if they don't want to read, I wasn't writing to them.

If I don't make a difference in the world, it's not another’s place to care and it's not the world's place to moan that I'm not doing all that I can to change things that are being ignored. Maybe I'm not writing in my little journal about things I do actually do to help, but it doesn't mean that I'm not out there doing it. And yes, people can make a difference in most things, no matter how extremely large the world is. Each ( ... )