I know many people (indirectly) that are either going to Afganistan or have family whom are going as Canadian forces. Our country is supposed to be clearing out the Taliban from over there and helping to rebuild the country. I just heard a rumor that the new Afgahni government is voting soon on a new law to legalizing men having the right to beat their wives. Is that what our men and women are over there fighting for, a bunch of women beaters? I hate to sound like the Americans, but we should have more of a say in what's going on over there if our countrymen are fighting to keep them safe. Even more apalling is the fact that there is a country full of human beings whom the majority of them want to legalize physical abuse.
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This isn't just a rumour. I just posted a link on Facebook the other day about it - and it's not just beating that's been legalized. I think this law has been around for a while, or at least in the works for a while. Either way, it's disgusting.
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Thanks for the link and good info!!
ReplyDeleteIt isn't about beating women... it's a law LEGALIZING husbands to RAPE their women. This is a disgusting law. Although I do not agree with war, I do agree with intervention by political and peaceful means -- and this is a case where world-wide institutions like the UN need to intervene and give a voice to the women who are voiceless.
ReplyDeleteI agree, though I was not aware that the law involved rape! It's worse than I thought!!
ReplyDeletehttp://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/abc/world/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CBC-WORLD-V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=afghan-women-protest015 There's more news on it, too. Yay...
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