[quote]Brayton wrote:
Ahh it was a dean. Here’s the link. [/quote]
An “associate dean” at that?
But let’s see what he actually said (as opposed to what you think he said):
[i]"Ajay Nair, associate dean of multicultural affairs at Columbia University, said many immigrant families struggle over cultural and generational gaps, but that most South Asian communities in the United States enjoy “wonderful” relationships within their families.
“My immediate reaction was that this is an anomaly in the South Asian American community,” Nair said Tuesday. “This isn’t a rampant problem within South Asian communities. What is a problem, I think, is domestic violence, and that cuts across all communities.”
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Nair said he believes a “significant human rights campaign” is needed to address such killings."[/i]
He acknowledges “cultural and generational gaps” among immigrant families, refers to the murder as an “anomaly” and believes more should be done to curtail “domestic violence”.
I honestly don’t see a single reason to lash at the man. Enlighten me if you can.
I did. Not much substantiation going on there.
[quote]Let’s break it down.
“What neighbor?”
MY neighbors. As in, the people who live around me. Such as the people I referred to in my classes or at my work or in my apartment building who subsribe to the premise that all moral truths are relative and that we cannot condemn anything outside our own American culture lest we become ignorant and intolerant. [/quote]
If your description is anywhere close to the reality, I strongly suggest you move.
But I suspect you’re just extrapolating on their views. You should try asking them directly and not filling in the gaps with preconceptions.
[quote]MY media. As in the media as expressed in that article in the link above. As in every news program on television that fails to ever point out the texts from which these sentiments of honor killing are derived.
They share the same unwillingness to condemn any aspect of another culture or expose the evils inherent in other religions in order to remain politically correct and jibe with the sensibilities of my generation. [/quote]
Still not much “illustration”. Give me quotes, videos or anything where your media invokes anything remotely connected to “cultural misunderstanding” to downplay or justify murder.
And just so you know, I embraced Islam. As such, I fail to see what Holy Text says “kill your daughter”. But then again, I speak Arabic - not Urdu.
I asked you to provide a single example of a “liberal idiot” doing this in this case.
So far, nothing.
Again, you conveyed your perception clearly.
What I asked is that you substantiate it. As in, providing an example of someone actually invoking this “cultural misunderstanding” to downplay or justify this heinous crime.
If your whole generation is doing it all the time, surely there must plenty of examples.
I understood what you’re saying from the get go.
I also saw what I think is a strawman. Now, all I’m asking, is that you substantiate your claim.
I wouldn’t be responding to your posts if I thought you were. You are clearly convinced by what you’re saying. What I’m doing here is push you to re-examine some of your preconceptions.
Maybe what you describe here is an accurate representation of what your neighbors and media say. Maybe not. From a purely logical perspective (and you insist on that point yourself), no group of human beings in their right mind would do the things you’re claiming. Therefore, the burden of proof lies on you.
And if your analysis of that associate dean in the article is taken into account, you are most likely misrepresenting your neighbors and media’s point of view. Probably unconsciously extrapolating their positions on other topics to this one. Which, as far as I’m concerned, is nothing but a red herring.
[quote]It might be hard to fathom becuase you aren’t here to experience it. It blows my mind a daily basis. If I weren’t from around here I might have a hard time believing it too.
You said it yourself - who in their right minds would do such a thing? Nobody! That’s my point! These aren’t right-thinking people! But that doesn’t mean there aren’t idiots who do. [/quote]
Again, a single example would suffice to shut me up.
I doubt the people and media in New England are that different from the ones I know. Trust me, as far as “political correctness” is concerned, Swedes are hard to beat.