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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar II" data-source="post: 112918" data-attributes="member: 4391"><p>The feminist movement here has gone so far off the deep end that it no longer resonates with most of us. But there was a timehere in our own country when it was absolutely legal for a man to beat his wife and children. </p><p></p><p>There was a time when children could only be protected from abusive parents because they qualified as animals ~ and while there were no child-protection laws on the books, there were laws addressing cruelty to animals.</p><p></p><p>Although we hear ad nauseum about how awful our country, our values, our systems of government and religion are here in the West, we hear very, very little about the wonder, the incredible, never before realized wonder, of what has been created, here in this City on a Hill.</p><p></p><p>We hear all the time that we are free, but we really have no idea anymore, what freedom means.</p><p></p><p>Belief systems such as those which encourage honor killings are one of the many things we are free FROM.</p><p></p><p>And it goes beyond the deaths of the sisters.</p><p></p><p>The more horrible part of these kinds of deaths is that the lives of the murdered women are seen as less important than the honor of the murdering father.</p><p></p><p>He would be more ashamed to be seen as a father who lost control of his daughters than to be seen as a father who, seeing his daughters running out of control, murdered them both.</p><p></p><p>Just imagine that mindset, along with everything it says about men, and women, and personhood, for a minute.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*********************</p><p></p><p></p><p>Red Azalea was written by a Chinese woman raised during the regime of Mao Tse Tung. Reading that book will describe the things we are free FROM further.</p><p></p><p>The writer loves the West, loves this country, loves her own potential, here.</p><p></p><p>In the book, she describes the highest freedom here as being the freedom to love.</p><p></p><p>Freedom to love God, to love herself, to love a man or a child or a piece of art having nothing to do with the ruling political system.</p><p> </p><p>I will get down from my soapbox, now.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for posting this, HWGA.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar II, post: 112918, member: 4391"] The feminist movement here has gone so far off the deep end that it no longer resonates with most of us. But there was a timehere in our own country when it was absolutely legal for a man to beat his wife and children. There was a time when children could only be protected from abusive parents because they qualified as animals ~ and while there were no child-protection laws on the books, there were laws addressing cruelty to animals. Although we hear ad nauseum about how awful our country, our values, our systems of government and religion are here in the West, we hear very, very little about the wonder, the incredible, never before realized wonder, of what has been created, here in this City on a Hill. We hear all the time that we are free, but we really have no idea anymore, what freedom means. Belief systems such as those which encourage honor killings are one of the many things we are free FROM. And it goes beyond the deaths of the sisters. The more horrible part of these kinds of deaths is that the lives of the murdered women are seen as less important than the honor of the murdering father. He would be more ashamed to be seen as a father who lost control of his daughters than to be seen as a father who, seeing his daughters running out of control, murdered them both. Just imagine that mindset, along with everything it says about men, and women, and personhood, for a minute. ********************* Red Azalea was written by a Chinese woman raised during the regime of Mao Tse Tung. Reading that book will describe the things we are free FROM further. The writer loves the West, loves this country, loves her own potential, here. In the book, she describes the highest freedom here as being the freedom to love. Freedom to love God, to love herself, to love a man or a child or a piece of art having nothing to do with the ruling political system. I will get down from my soapbox, now. Thank you for posting this, HWGA. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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