From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:48:30 -0500, Wilson    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2/15/2026 4:29 PM, Tara wrote:   
   >> On Feb 15, 2026 at 4:25:11?PM EST, "Noah Sombrero"  wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:22:59 -0000 (UTC), Tara    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> On Feb 15, 2026 at 2:37:22?PM EST, "Noah Sombrero"  wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:05:01 -0000 (UTC), Tara    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I fail to understand the denial that when you bring men from a deeply   
   >>>>>> patriarchal culture where there are high levels of (accepted)   
   gender-based   
   >>>>>> violence against women and dump them in a society where women and girls   
   are   
   >>>>>> ?available?  that this could and will happen.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Especially india.  Common but not accepted.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You might remember that in canada within the past 10 years or so there   
   >>>>> was one case of an honor killing of a wife and daughters of a   
   >>>>> pakistani immigrant family.  The father in that case will likely not   
   >>>>> ever get out of canadian prison.  He thought they were straying from   
   >>>>> sharia law and so bringing dishonor on him.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The fact that there has been one such case has not meant that there   
   >>>>> have been multitudes in the minds of canadians.  It did encourage an   
   >>>>> awareness that people from other cultures need to become aware of   
   >>>>> canadian values when they come here.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> We haven't had to deal with anything like the scope they've had happen in   
   the   
   >>>> UK.   
   >>>   
   >>> Taking julian's article at face value then:   
   >>>   
   >>> The indians and pakistanis that come here must be quite similar to   
   >>> those that go to uk.  It cannot be simply a matter of culture or race   
   >>> or of hormonal problems.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know   
   >   
   >It could be the attitude of the people and the police that make a   
   >difference.   
      
   Agreed.  Pervasive criminality is a symptom of a sick society.   
      
   >If society turns a blind eye to wrongdoing and does not discourage it,   
   >it is effectively encouraged.   
      
   This is the opposite of the above.  I don't see any blind eyes up   
   here.  I see absence of accused indian/pakistani inherent behaviors   
   that manifest elsewhere.   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
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   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
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