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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndian state minister on rape: Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ally-of-indian-pm-says-rape-sometimes-right-sometimes-wrong/article19002421/?service=mobileA lawmaker from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis ruling party has described rape as a social crime, saying sometimes its right, sometimes its wrong, in the latest controversial remarks by an Indian politician about rape.
The political leaders of Uttar Pradesh, the state where two cousins aged 12 and 14 were raped and hanged last week, have faced criticism for failing to visit the scene and for accusing the media of hyping the story.
A regional politician from Mr. Modis own party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Thursday that the crime of rape can only be considered to have been committed if it is reported to police.
This is a social crime which depends on men and women. Sometimes its right, sometimes its wrong, said Babulal Gaur, the home minister responsible for law and order in the BJP-run central state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Indian state minister on rape: Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong (Original Post)
stevenleser
Jun 2014
OP
Not surprising - one of our (U.S.) major political parties thinks along the same lines
progree
Jun 2014
#1
just like the USA, there's rape rape, and I bought her dinner and was nice to her
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#2
when you read about HS kids thinking a woman "owes sex" for any reason at all it makes me sad.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#5
progree
(10,907 posts)1. Not surprising - one of our (U.S.) major political parties thinks along the same lines
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)6. +1000
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)2. just like the USA, there's rape rape, and I bought her dinner and was nice to her
rape. What rape culture?
"What rape culture?" <-- This.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)5. when you read about HS kids thinking a woman "owes sex" for any reason at all it makes me sad.
WhoTF wants "owed sex"? How is that is good thing for anyone?
Enthusiam, people- you have to find it or move on already.
to Wesley and Ginger!
WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)3. Right when I do it and wrong
when it's done to "my" wife, daughter, etc.
Rex
(65,616 posts)7. What a horrible thing to say, sadly the GOP agrees with him.
Some fucked up people in this world, RAPE is NEVER right. It is like always multiplying by 0...the answer is always the same no matter what you do. Rape is WRONG. EOM.
derby378
(30,252 posts)8. Anxiety, nightmares, shame, phobias, PTSD, and more extreme symptoms of rape like catatonia...
...I'm supposed to believe these are all "sometimes right?"
I don't know if we have a word to describe what this man really is.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)9. May these effing effers roast slowly in hell one day...