‘A murder of morality’
by hakmao, 16 May 2008
Those approving words describe the murder of a young pregnant woman and her boyfriend in Haryana state by her father and other relatives.
From society’s point of view, this is a very good thing […] We have removed the blot.
It is a story of sexism: the defence of entrenched male power, status and property and the enforcement of women’s role as factor[ies] for making men’; racism: keeping the ‘caste’ and class pure by preventing fraternisation with ‘lower’ orders; and the maintenance of economic power relations through unbridled barbarity in the service of feudalism–the vicious oppression of workers and peasants, all underpinned by a thick layer of superstition and religious obscurantism.
We are not ashamed of it, absolutely not, we have the honor of doing the village proud […] We would not have had a face to show if we had not done this. It was the act of ‘real men’.
So much for empathy then, the prohibition against killing one’s children cast aside in an instant.
Saturday 17 May 2008 at 15:16
And yet, as that article points out - Haryana has one of the lowest female-male ratios in India (2nd only to macho male loving, girl-killing Rajasthan).
Reports in the Indian press have recently suggested that brides are being imported from Eastern India or the South, making an even bigger mockery of any notion of ‘ethnic purity’ and Jat chauvinism (disturbingly present in a lot of shite Bhangra records).
There are also horrific birth defects being caused by Mothers being pressured (usually by their Mother-in-laws) to take medication guaranteed to produce boys.
Strict vegetarians, incidentally.
Sunday 18 May 2008 at 16:28
Unrelated but…
Iraqi blogger killed in Baghdad.
http://www.blogiraq.info/2008/05/16/blogiraq-is-dead/
Sunday 18 May 2008 at 20:22
Sunny Hundal’s started deleting me. [that is a point in his favour you thick cunt] He’s your enemy, right? [so are you — my enemy’s enemy is not my friend] Surely that counts for something? [you thick, vile, stupid, twat — fuck off again].
Sunday 18 May 2008 at 21:04
Everyone’s our enemy — you can fuck off.
Sunday 18 May 2008 at 21:45
[not even attempted ‘funny ironic’ one-liners allowed — so fuck off again]