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In reply to the discussion: (Sweden) Court slashes sentence in 'honour killing' case (from 8 yrs to 4) [View all]DFW
(54,502 posts)51. I reject the notion of an "honor killing."
There is no honor in killing, and certainly none in killing a sibling. The boy's culture may say there is, but the culture of Sweden says there isn't.
I don't care if he was "conditioned" by his parents or his relatives. The fact is that if he was living in Sweden, then he lives by their laws just as a Swede living in Iraq is obligated to live by Iraq's laws. I would have been for locking him up for as long as possible--as well as those relatives who talked him into his crime. To hell with what might become of him on the inside (and I'd give him better chances in Sweden than in Texas). It is unfair to expect and force Swedish society to tolerate what has become of him already.
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(Sweden) Court slashes sentence in 'honour killing' case (from 8 yrs to 4) [View all]
The Straight Story
May 2013
OP
He stabbed his sister a hundred times. By definition, that makes him a violent, sick
cali
May 2013
#56
Actually, no...the "idea" of prison is not to produce a less violent society.
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#50
From the article, it seems that the courts ruling was based on age and nothing else.
Recovered Repug
May 2013
#15
I believe it's wrong not to think some cultures are superior to others.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#26
Our 'Christian Culture' is not much different to that of other fundie cultures. We, eg, are the only
sabrina 1
May 2013
#66
I would imagine cruelty to farm animals would draw a harsher sentence., nt
geek tragedy
May 2013
#44