It's an ugly world out there

[garote]

I've sometimes dreamed of going on an international bike tour with a special someone, and this scenario is basically my worst nightmare.

Rampant violence against women in India is bad enough ... but then, when you get to the bottom of the article, check out the comments section for an answer to the question of "how could this get any worse?"

How do people that mentally diffused even get internet access??

Comments

[lutin.livejournal.com]

...Do I dare ask which of those commenters you were referring to?
And yeah. Yeah. Lack of safety/respect for female bodies terrifies me endlessly.
(Still not sure how I managed to escape India mostly fine. But maaan, am I ever grateful every day for it.)

[garote]

Oh my god ... just about all of those commenters, really.

"An ARMED WOMAN can just as easily point and squeeze as any man.
And, given that MOBS are large groups, it is necessary to have large magazine capacities."

Yeah, that's the best way to reduce sexual violence - tell women that they need guns. It's about a half-step away from the same old "blame the victim" crap that misogynists have thrown around for centuries.

"And the husband did what to protect her? Why was he not armed while abroad? Am I to believe a handgun can not be purchased on the black market when one arrived in country and sold back to the black market at departure?"

I'll bet you a hundred thousand dollars that whoever made this hare-brained suggestion does not practice what he preaches.

"Yeh, I thought lying assed mooslimes were to kill themselves if they saw a woman not their wife without clothes....that whole cult is a bunch of lying bullshy!"

As a respondent to this said: The Indian state where this occurred is 92% Hindu and only 6% Muslim. But bigoted fucks will never let a fact get in the way of a good rant.

"Why do Europeans insist on taking a 'Holiday' in the 3rd world pig pens?"

There's no worse imperialist than a contrarian imperialist.

As one respondent said: "Madhya Pradesh state is actually one of the most beautiful, untouched wilderness areas in the world. 31% of it's area is old-growth forest, which is home to the largest population of surviving wild tigers in the world."

"Without colonialism most of these culture would be still swinging through the trees. Africa did not even have the wheel for crying out loud."

I take it back. All imperialists are equally bad.

[mommadona.livejournal.com]

homey don't play that!

translation: why i have no desire to go to india