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niyad

(112,437 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:01 PM Jun 2014

indian minister on rape-"a social crime-sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong"

(no, you woman-hating asshole, it is ALWAYS wrong!)

India state minister on rape: 'Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong'
Home minister in BJP-run Madhya Pradesh state describes rape as a 'social crime' in comments playing down rapes




A state minister from Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has described rape as a "social crime", saying "sometimes it's right, sometimes it's 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 Modi's own Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), said 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 it's right, sometimes it's wrong," said Babulal Gaur, the home minister responsible for law and order in the BJP-run central state of Madhya Pradesh.

"Until there's a complaint, nothing can happen," he told reporters.

Gaur also expressed sympathy with Mulayam Singh Yadav, head of the regional Samajwadi party that runs Uttar Pradesh. In the recent election, Mulayam criticised legal changes that foresee the death penalty for gang rape, saying: "Boys commit mistakes: will they be hanged for rape?" (girls are hanged for being raped, but that is okay??)

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More sex crimes have come to light in recent days. A woman in a nearby district of Uttar Pradesh was gang-raped, forced to drink acid and strangled to death. Another was shot dead in northeast India while resisting attackers, media reports said.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/05/india-state-minister-rape-crimes-comment

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indian minister on rape-"a social crime-sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong" (Original Post) niyad Jun 2014 OP
some one should flat out ask the guy... tk2kewl Jun 2014 #1
Sometimes it's right? Enthusiast Jun 2014 #2
 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
1. some one should flat out ask the guy...
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jun 2014

Last edited Mon Jun 9, 2014, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)

"if I rape you with a broomstick is that right or wrong?"...

"how about if the Prime Minister rapes you with a broomstick?"

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