Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Killings By Those With No Honor or Humanity

See this video from CNN on "honor killings" in England.

The people behind these killing are misogynistic savages without honor or humanity. I generally think life imprisonment is a better punishment than death, but these peoples' world-view is so warped that they would probably enjoy the opportunity to turn other imbecilic criminals to their twisted pseudo-religion and culture.

Surely, I do not believe that these people represent the whole of Islam or of any given culture, but in their arrogant and ignorant actions, they themselves dishonor Islam and their home culture. Those who nominally share their religion and culture must speak and act out against their acts of dishonor. Those who can stand idly by at such actions are savages themselves. Masses come to the streets, goaded by the government to be sure, to protest the naming of a teddy bear or the scribbling of cartoons. They scream and rant, wild-eyed and frothy-mouthed. Where is the outrage at honor killings, stonings, beheadings, and the like?

2 comments:

Suburban said...

Dead on insight as usual. I'll link to this tomorrow.

Leo Americanus said...

Thanks Suburban