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Here's something worth debate
May. 8th, 2008 05:00 pmGender politics + honour + possessiveness... or should those plusses be 'versus'es?
From Salon's Broadsheet:
( Did crying rape lead to murder? )
So here's some questions: Making the rather insubstantial assumption that the husband actually believed, instantly, that his wife was being raped, OTHER than 'all murder is wrong', how would his defence of a family member being assaulted in an unspeakable manner be wrong? Do you agree with the jury, that once the wife pretended she was being assaulted instead of adulterous (oath-breaking, disloyal, etc.) the responsibility became hers? What would your reaction be if she had said, 'Don't shoot him, I love him!' and the husband had then killed a known rival instead of an unspeakable assailant?
From Salon's Broadsheet:
( Did crying rape lead to murder? )
So here's some questions: Making the rather insubstantial assumption that the husband actually believed, instantly, that his wife was being raped, OTHER than 'all murder is wrong', how would his defence of a family member being assaulted in an unspeakable manner be wrong? Do you agree with the jury, that once the wife pretended she was being assaulted instead of adulterous (oath-breaking, disloyal, etc.) the responsibility became hers? What would your reaction be if she had said, 'Don't shoot him, I love him!' and the husband had then killed a known rival instead of an unspeakable assailant?
