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   Wilson to Tara   
   Re: Why was Jim Ratcliffe punished for s   
   16 Feb 26 09:48:30   
   
   From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
   If society turns a blind eye to wrongdoing and does not discourage it,   
   it is effectively encouraged.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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