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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]Turkish police have recovered the body of a 16-year-old girl they say was buried alive by relatives in an "honour" killing carried out as punishment for talking to boys.
The girl, who has been identified only by the initials MM, was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman.
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Her father and grandfather are said to have been arrested and held in custody pending trial. It is unclear whether they have been charged. The girl's mother was arrested but was later released.
Media reports said the father had told relatives he was unhappy that his daughter – one of nine children – had male friends. The grandfather is said to have beaten her for having relations with the opposite sex.
A postmortem examination revealed large amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, indicating that she had been alive and conscious while being buried. Her body showed no signs of bruising.
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."
-John Kenneth Galbraith
Wow.
INSANITY IS NOT A PLEA. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.
Some hearty knaves and simple fools,
Some apish and pragmatic mules,
Some servile acquiescing fools,
These, these comprise a congress.
When Jove resolved to send a curse,
And all the woes of life rehearse,
Not plague, not famine, but much worse,
He cursed us with a congress.
from the Revolutionary War
Sociopaths.
I remember a story (years ago) on Honor Killings... A man was interviewed who had killed his own sister.
Apparently, she was walking home from school when several boys grabbed her and raped her.
Apparently SHE had brought shame upon the family and had to be killed.
When asked if he ever thought about his sister he said, "No."
When pressed to explain himself, he said, "If you drop a plate and break it, you clean it up and throw it away. You don't spend the rest of your life thinking about the plate."
Sociopathic people.
[edit: had previously chosen wrong word... fixed it]
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress’s generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.If you could reason with religious people there'd be no religious people. -House
-Mike Lofgren, 28 years as a staffer on the Republican House and Senate budget and other committees, often dealing with national security and defense issues
That is so insane.
I shall quench my thirst with the blood of my enemies!
This sort of thing astounds and horrifies me. How does one counteract that kindof cultural/religious action?
INSANITY IS NOT A PLEA. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.
Some hearty knaves and simple fools,
Some apish and pragmatic mules,
Some servile acquiescing fools,
These, these comprise a congress.
When Jove resolved to send a curse,
And all the woes of life rehearse,
Not plague, not famine, but much worse,
He cursed us with a congress.
from the Revolutionary War
Man that sucks big time! But you know what? Those Turks are bad mean ass folks and we hold hands with them too.
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**The Joke is On Us True Progressives**
6/12 - Romney's record at Bain "Sterling"~ praised Bill Clinton
From 'the President's Club':
*After Nixon died, Clinton compared the death with the loss of his mother
*Clinton came to rely on Nixon’s advice
*Nixon ingratiated himself with so many of his successors, particularly Mr. Clinton.
*George H.W. Bush’s ... relationship with Bill Clinton has grown so close
*Clinton is now referred to in the Bush family as the “Brother From Another Mother”
*Mr. Clinton / George W. Bush, who have become unexpectedly close and also worked on joint endeavors
Good point.Originally Posted by 101Scout
I went to visit my brother in Bitburg, Germany when he was in the Army...
We toured around Germany... I am a small town KY boy and this was almost 20 years ago... This was my first (and only, so far) time in Europe...
My brother had been stationed in Saudi Arabia prior to Germany... he had occasion to work with forces from other countries...
After yet ANOTHER grumpy German experience I commented to my brother, "Man, Germans are hard to get along with."
My brother said, "Germans? Nah!! They're easy. Now TURKS... Turks are hard to get along with!"
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress’s generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.
-Mike Lofgren, 28 years as a staffer on the Republican House and Senate budget and other committees, often dealing with national security and defense issues
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