Afghan woman's choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk death

[Asmodean]

That thought has wandered across my mind in the past; was Mary the biggest con-artist of all time?

She was probably a very bad con artist, however, daddy loved her and wanted to believe her and as a patriarch in the family, his word was the law. OR he was touching her inappropriately and was therefor in on the scam...

[xSilverPhinx]

the Old Testicle....

LOL

I feel a bit giddyish but that's hilarious regardless   

[OldGit]

the Old Testicle....

LOLI feel a bit giddyish but that's hilarious regardless   

Well, we all know the bible is bollocks.  So, logically, we can divide it into testicles.

[Too Few Lions]

Well, we all know the bible is bollocks.  So, logically, we can divide it into testicles.

Brilliant OG, I think we should all call it the Old Testicle and the New Testicle from now on.

[DeterminedJuliet]

I'm sure there's some kind of castration joke to be made there... I just can't quite come up with one.

[skwurll]

Well, we all know the bible is bollocks.  So, logically, we can divide it into testicles.

Brilliant OG, I think we should all call it the Old Testicle and the New Testicle from now on.

Two questions.
Why is one older than the other?
Why is one so much... bigger than the other?

[OldGit]

These are very good questions and I'm so glad you asked them.

[iSok]

Reality check:

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?81304-Jailed-Afghan-rape-victim-released-to-marry-attacker

Someone asked what the Taliban would do if they would come back.
Knowing the Taliban, they would probably make sure the rapist will wish
he was never born and probably force the rapist to pay a fine to the girl.

Sick stuff like this doesn't happen in Taliban controlled area's, people would not dare doing it.
It happened at the heart of the so called Afghan government which is supported by the West, no wonder they wanted to
forbid the documentary.
Makes you wonder why the Afghans are so sick of this government.

[OldGit]

Interesting.  So there is some good in them.  Hi, iSoK, great to hear from you again. 

[iSok]

Interesting.  So there is some good in them.  Hi, iSoK, great to hear from you again. 

Good to see you again too, I sometimes come here and read a few posts.
Not really having the time these days for long discussions as I used to have.

[Asmodean]

Me, I have no problem with Afghanistan being ruled by fear of Taliban, as long as those around that dump manage to nail shut the borders.

[Too Few Lions]

Reality check:

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?81304-Jailed-Afghan-rape-victim-released-to-marry-attacker

Sick stuff like this doesn't happen in Taliban controlled area's

where's the reality check iSok? That article says she agreed to marry her attacker but didn't want to, and that she was jailed but now released.

To say that things like this don't happen in Taliban controlled areas is utter rubbish. If this had happpened in a Taliban controlled area, Gulnaz would have been executed for adultery rather than jailed!

Here's a recent article from Amnesty International on the lovely Taliban;

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/taliban-leaders-should-be-prosecuted-for-war-crimes/

Sanam Gul was a widow, 35 years old and pregnant.  According to news reports she was kept in captivity for three days before being shot to death in a public trial by the Afghan Taliban.  The punishment was carried out by Mohammad Yousuf, the area Taliban commander amid a crowd of onlookers.

Sanam Gul's death comes soon after the chilling Aug 7 executions of ten medical aid workers who had been returning from a trip to provide free medical care to remote regions of Afghanistan. Presumably these aid workers were shot for not being Muslims.

The Taliban are famous for the barbaric way that they treat women, do you agree with Taliban policies of not allowing women to be educated, or banning them from being able to work, or not allowing them a free choice on who to marry, or forcing them to remain imprisoned in their own home?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban_treatment_of_women

Also a lot of their funding comes from the drug trade and crime, these are some of the most unpleasant people on Earth

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1919154,00.html

[Too Few Lions]

and here's another good story on how the Taliban deal with rape from Pakistan's The Times newspaper on the alleged kidnap and rape of an 11 year old girl;

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=10033&Cat=13

They threatened the girl's family and told them to withdraw the case, and also told the girl to get an abortion!

There's also reports than an important Taliban faction (the Haqqani) have been serially raping women and filming it!

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=125169

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/200342.php

[The Magic Pudding]

I've heard claims the jail sentence is a sign of progress, a few years back she would have been stoned already.

[Recusant]

. . .Sick stuff like this doesn't happen in Taliban controlled area's, people would not dare doing it.

So, reports of Taliban "justice" such as this are all lies, iSok?