India Gang-Rape Victim Fights For Her Life

Discussion in 'In the News' started by Bookworm616, Dec 28, 2012.

  1. Unique4ever

    Unique4ever Well-Known Member

    I think going to prison for decades with a high chance to get raped themselves is a much better punishment.
     
  2. GQ Brotha

    GQ Brotha New Member

    Yeah I imagine when the inmates find out what they are in for, they would likely be the belle of the ball and marked targets.

    Hope India doesn't have any form of protective custody in prison, unleash them to the wolves and come what may.
     
  3. Cherok33

    Cherok33 Well-Known Member

    What an awful story. I cannot begin to imagine what kind of hell this poor, young lady endured. May she rest in peace, now that her horrific tragedy is over for her. I pray for some level of justice is honored to this woman and her loved ones, and that no sympathy is given to these monsters that killed her.
     
  4. APPIAH

    APPIAH Well-Known Member

    Why should the guys live for 30 years? No matter how horrible one's life is, i think living is a gift so these animals should be sentenced to death but the execution should be delayed for 1 year so they are continually raped before they are executed.
     
  5. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    I agree. Breathing is too good a punishment for them. They clearly have no conscience so letting them live so they're constantly reminded of what they did, is not an option, IMO.

    Whatever happens though, I hope that in the end, they get theirs.

    And maybe things will start changing for the better in India.
     
  6. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    LMAO at your avi
     
  7. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    I know, right? Damn, Max Mosley!!
     
  8. wtarshi

    wtarshi Well-Known Member

    I loved your choice of fairy wand holding pussy
     
  9. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    Thanks! I told him that if I won again, he was going to have to use that one again and post. I think most people missed it. LOL.
     
  10. Unique4ever

    Unique4ever Well-Known Member

    I saw the Hello Kitty, didn't know it was because he lost a bet or something. :D
     
  11. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    It appears that this atrocity is finally waking India up to some of the horrors of traditional patriarchy and a worldview that treats women as the property of men.
     
  12. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    Maybe some good will come out of this tragedy then.
     
  13. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    I hope so too, Bookie. I'm glad her father is expressing condemnation of the perpetrators, rather than the customary "my daughter and family honor have been sullied" attitude that is standard, which places blame for the act on the victim. And the Pakistani young woman who stood up for women's education and her dad are also heroes in this regard.
     
  14. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

  15. Bliss

    Bliss Well-Known Member

    Watched a feature news story on this the other night..

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    India to boost women taxi drivers, spurred by Uber rape claim


    (Reuters) - The alleged rape of a woman passenger by an Uber taxi driver once again spotlights the risks of India's transport system, which fails to keep women safe. One solution: Taxis driven by women for women.


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    Last year, the southern state of Kerala launched 'She Taxis', a fleet of 40 pink taxis run by women, and fitted with wireless tracking gear and panic buttons linked to call centers.

    Now the service has become a model for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to replicate nationwide, its chief executive says. "The Delhi incident shows the need for 'She Taxis' all over the country," P.T.M. Sunish told Reuters.

    'She Taxis' has ferried 24,000 people on about 10,000 trips since Nov. 2013. Demand so far exceeds supply that as many as half of callers have to be turned away, Sunish said.

    "I feel secure and the family is satisfied," said Aswathy Sreekumar, 25, a technology worker who has used the service for seven months, after finishing work at midnight.

    "Otherwise, I keep getting calls from my parents."

    Rising sex crimes have prompted Indian states and small firms to launch taxi services run by women. The trend grew after Dec. 2012 protests over the rape of a young woman on a moving bus in the capital, New Delhi, and her subsequent death.

    Tougher laws and promises of better policing have proved ineffectual. India's public transport is the fourth most dangerous in the world for women, and nighttime safety ranks second worst, a recent poll showed.

    Women commuters face sexual harassment and public transport is seen as risky.

    "The Uber incident reinforces that you are safer when a taxi is driven by a woman. People would be keener now," said social activist Susieben Shah, who started Priyadarshini Taxi Service in 2010 in Mumbai. Now it aims to expand to New Delhi and the southern tech hub of Bengaluru.

    Another company, Sakha Cabs, with 14 taxis in the capital, plans to expand in nearby western Jaipur and in eastern Kolkata.

    Still, expansion is slow. Reluctant investors fear the tiny number of women drivers will brake future expansion, and India's male-dominated social structure will deter aspirant drivers.

    After the Uber incident India is stepping up support for such training, an official of the Ministry of Women & Child Development told Reuters.

    But critics say better security is the answer.

    "Government always resorts to knee-jerk reactions," said Ranjana Kumari, director of the Center for Social Research. "Failure in law and order implementation cannot be compensated by such measures."

    (Reporting by Aditya Kalra)
     
  16. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    Any word on if the government's proclaimed efforts at getting tough on rape are bearing any fruit? I guess it's at least a positive that the government has been forced to pay attention to the issue.
     
  17. goodlove

    goodlove New Member

    thats terrible
     
  18. orejon4

    orejon4 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, the socialization of rape as acceptable is insane. I'm glad it's finally getting some attention. The culture of daughters as family property is also problematic too. It feeds the whole shame and honor culture that treats a raped woman as "sullied" or without virtue. Life is really difficult for them afterward, even if the culprit is caught, facing shunning, difficulty in marrying, etc.
     
  19. Soulthinker

    Soulthinker Well-Known Member

    Why are some Indian men have no self control? The law and culture has let those females down.
     
  20. Bliss

    Bliss Well-Known Member

    Why? Because women there are often considered Chattel.
     

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