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Victim Refuses to Marry Rapist
Hindustan Times ^
| May 3, 2005
Posted on 05/03/2005 6:23:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: cyborg
From Deuteronomy (I'm using the Kaplan translation, which doesn't exactly dance around the language.)
22:28 If a man encounters a virgin girl who is not betrothed and is caught raping her,
22:29 then the rapist must give the girl's father 50 [shekels] of silver. He must then take the girl he violated as his wife, and he may not send her away as long as he lives.
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posted on
05/03/2005 7:25:29 PM PDT
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
To: Celtjew Libertarian
I wonder if the girl had a choice in marrying him or not. Very interesting. Thanks for the quote.
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posted on
05/03/2005 7:29:41 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
To: Celtjew Libertarian
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posted on
05/03/2005 7:38:25 PM PDT
by
jimboster
(I went on vacation to see some new faces- your face doesn't look so new)
To: nickcarraway
[Bhura, convicted by a court for brutally raping a former nurse of Shanti Mukund Hospital made the marriage proposal just as the court was to pronounce his sentence on Tuesday....A court on Tuesday summoned the woman to elicit her view on Bhura's proposal to marry her, saying "he is now a reformed man".... Bhura further said that since nobody would now marry the victim because of her stigmatisation after the shameful incident, he had chosen to marry her to re-establish her in society and to repent for his act.... Bhura, who raped and gouged out the woman's eye at the hospital in East Delhi two years ago, submitted his proposal to Additional Sessions Judge JM Malik a few minutes before the pronouncement of his sentence. Taking Bhura's proposal on record, the judge summoned the victim and her father on Wednesday to record their opinion on Bhura's proposal.]
I can't believe I'm reading this!
What a world we live in.
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posted on
05/03/2005 7:54:15 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(Don't Panic!!!)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, she's just playing hard-to-get.
To: Celtjew Libertarian
To: SIDENET
Does anyone know if hanging is a possible sentence for the crime?
This happened in India, right? Depending on the caste, they might hang the woman. Was that out loud?
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posted on
05/03/2005 8:00:49 PM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: Celtjew Libertarian; cyborg
To: nickcarraway
By the way, what is a "sensational rape?"
To: nickcarraway
"The victim of a sensational rape committed two years ago on Tuesday spurned her attacker's offer to marry her to atone for his sins, saying she wanted to see him hanged."
Good attitude!
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posted on
05/03/2005 8:39:07 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again.)
To: jimboster
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posted on
05/03/2005 8:41:03 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again.)
To: RiverDrifter
Don't think this passage condones rape.
I don't think it does either. However, in a society that puts a premium on virginity, rape may prevent a woman from being married. Deut 22:28-29 give the girl an option to be provided for a husband. I doubt the obligation in such a situation was on the girl; rather, it was on the man.
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posted on
05/03/2005 9:28:05 PM PDT
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Shake Hands with the Serpent: Poetry by Charles Lipsig aka Celtjew http://books.lulu.com/lipsig)
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To: MitchellC
"While this would be a terrible solution in today's society, back then it was an effective punishment"
For who? The only one really being punished is the victim. Duh...she gets raped and no telling how she was otherwised damaged in the assault, then gets stuck with a man she could never trust not to harm her again or kill her to get rid of her later. That's a terrible solution for the victim in any society.
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posted on
05/03/2005 9:59:17 PM PDT
by
Proud Conservative2
(Protect America....Help stamp out gutless wonders in the Senate.)
To: TADSLOS
I didn't know that Florida and India had a judge exchange program.LOLOL!!!!
To: Proud Conservative2
First, I'm not sure the victim would have been "stuck." Do you have any evidence that the punishment would have been imposed against the victim's desire?
Secondly, it is punishment in the sense that it effectively made the man the slave to the woman for the rest of his life.
Thirdly, as I said, the woman was likely not to be married by anyone else because she was 'damaged' by the man, which was the very reason for the law's existence - to guarantee someone would be there to provide for her. Her parents wouldn't be there forever.
To: jimboster
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posted on
05/03/2005 10:54:42 PM PDT
by
GVnana
To: nickcarraway
A court on Tuesday summoned the woman to elicit her view on Bhura's proposal to marry her, saying "he is now a reformed man". Her response was, er, unprintable.
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posted on
05/03/2005 10:59:16 PM PDT
by
The Red Zone
(Florida, the sun-shame state and Georgia, the rotten peach, and Illinois the chicken injun.)
To: AD from SpringBay; Gengis Khan; The Incredible One; Cronos
This happened in India, right? Depending on the caste, they might hang the woman. That's one of the most idiotic statements I've come across. You're kidding right? Or were you mixing a social problem(caste) with a religious one?
India's government and laws are secular, as far as I know.
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:07:15 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Yeah, you're right, forgive me - the civilized people of India would never kill a rape victim or her family. I've never read about that. Don't know where I ever got the idea.
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posted on
05/04/2005 4:10:21 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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