Pretty convenient that the LGF folks would notice only that women are protesting the rapes--which helps play well into the endless "Islam is a monster religion of violence slavery and oppression" screed--without noticing, y'know, actual improvements and blows for freedom within that same evil Sharialand criminal and civil justice system.
Thanks for helping to promote this story, Dean - I have a word of caution for users of IE, my blog looks wretched because I haven't even tried to optimize for it. The site looks much better, with no wierdness, on Firefox and other not-CSS-broken web browsers.
it's too much to expect LGF to recognize this event without framing it as Islam-sux. However, the main thrust of the impact of Mukhtar Mai's courage is aimed at women living under repression in Pakistan. The Rosa Parks analogy made by sepoy is truly apt - who would have guessed that civil rights in our country (achieved only 40 years ago), would have started with a simple woman refusing to sit at the back of the bus?
I hope someday people point to Mukhtar Mai and ask a similar question - who would have thought that the liberation of women, and their reclamation of the rights promised them under Islam, would be due to a simple rape victim's refusal to stay silent?
I admire Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs. He is trying to cut away the fog of Political Correctness which orders us to lick the feet of our enemies even while they cut our throats. Seeing how he is disliked by so many for daring to expose the perfidy of our deadly enemies, I think he may be today's Tailgunner Joe.
Ms. Mai's story is a step forward. It will not truly be good news until justice is done - and there's no guarantee of that yet. All kudos to her for standing up, but if the coming trial acquits all her rapists and she's found dead 3 months later, "good news" will not be term I'd use to describe this episode.
An Imam's resignation is minor good news. A Rosa Parks moment is earth-shaking, mullah-terrifying, human-nobility inspiring good news.
Had Rosa Parks been found murdered three months later, would ythe civil rights movement have stalled?
LGF's priorities are what they are. Lets not pretend the molehills they make mountains out of, and the mountains they make molehills out of, are one and the same.
it's too much to expect LGF to recognize this event without framing it as Islam-sux. However, the main thrust of the impact of Mukhtar Mai's courage is aimed at women living under repression in Pakistan. The Rosa Parks analogy made by sepoy is truly apt - who would have guessed that civil rights in our country (achieved only 40 years ago), would have started with a simple woman refusing to sit at the back of the bus?
I hope someday people point to Mukhtar Mai and ask a similar question - who would have thought that the liberation of women, and their reclamation of the rights promised them under Islam, would be due to a simple rape victim's refusal to stay silent?
Ms. Mai's story is a step forward. It will not truly be good news until justice is done - and there's no guarantee of that yet. All kudos to her for standing up, but if the coming trial acquits all her rapists and she's found dead 3 months later, "good news" will not be term I'd use to describe this episode.
An Imam's resignation is minor good news. A Rosa Parks moment is earth-shaking, mullah-terrifying, human-nobility inspiring good news.
Had Rosa Parks been found murdered three months later, would ythe civil rights movement have stalled?
LGF's priorities are what they are. Lets not pretend the molehills they make mountains out of, and the mountains they make molehills out of, are one and the same.