But Singh, 28, said his execution would "make life more dangerous for future rape victims".
"Now when they rape, they won't leave the girl like we did. They will kill her," he told Leslee Udwin, the award-winning British filmmaker behind the documentary.
"Now when they rape, they won't leave the girl like we did. They will kill her," he told Leslee Udwin, the award-winning British filmmaker behind the documentary.
I'm still adamantly against the death penalty. They need to put this guy in prison and let the other inmates have at him.
It's India. He'll probably get high fives.
And can we talk about this argument? How allowing someone you have assumed responsibility for to be abused in prison a right and okay thing to do but the death penalty is a no no?
Post by earlgreyhot on Mar 3, 2015 13:11:42 GMT -5
I just can't even process this line of thinking. Where does the idea that a guy's penis has more rights than another human being? And maybe he's more extreme and outspoken in his beliefs, but he's certainly not alone and that's just frightening.
More scary than this douche's opinion is the fact that there are thousands, perhaps millions, who feel the same way.
I had to stop reading a similar article on the Post this morning. But I managed to scroll down to the comments, which of course, were pouring in. I was happy to see that the Wapo comment section wasn't full of the usual trolls and nuts - mostly people expressing a mix of surprise, disgust, and disdain. So score one for the internet.
"You can't clap with one hand -– it takes two hands. A decent girl won't roam around at 9 o'clock at night," he said in an interview for "India's Daughter", a BBC documentary to be broadcast on Sunday.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy. About 20 per cent of girls are good.
I'm actually really interested to see this documentary. While highlighting the perpetrator's viewpoint is obviously going to incite anger, I imagine the majority of the film will cover existing conditions and plans for change and improvements. I sincerely hope that conditions for women will change for the better and I would like to know how people on the ground are approaching this issue.
I want to see this documentary, but I feel like I would spend the entire movie screaming at the TV in rage.
This is where I'm at. I am already silently fuming in my office reading this; if I see the film I will boil over and just go off. Fuck this piece of shit. Fuck him right in his eye socket.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
This right here is why I'm glad that I'm not responsible for deciding or dispensing justice. Because in theory I really am against the death penalty and cruelty to other people. When I hear examples like this though, all my idealism and high mindedness goes out the window. Tie him to a cactus and set him on fire and be done with it. I can find compassion in the abstract, it's much harder when I have to read or hear about the horrible person's crimes and their "justification" for doing so.
Post by simplyinpenguin on Mar 3, 2015 22:43:05 GMT -5
My first reaction to reading this was "Based on his point of view, he would have no one to blame but himself if someone decided to cut off his dick and shove it down his throat until he choked to death. He should just let it happen since he's a bad, pitiful excuse of a man." I hope he's fast-tracked to the gallows. He's shown no remorse, no apologies, and now this. This guy doesn't need to waste India's time with an appeal. It should be automatically rescinded. We have no need for his kind on this planet.
I'm still adamantly against the death penalty. They need to put this guy in prison and let the other inmates have at him.
It's India. He'll probably get high fives.
And can we talk about this argument? How allowing someone you have assumed responsibility for to be abused in prison a right and okay thing to do but the death penalty is a no no?
Death by government is just not something I agree with. But I would be lying if I said I'd be sad if some vigilante got ahold of him. It won't happen in India, though.
My H read this out to me. He was horrified as was my FIL (who left India at 30-something). They recognise that some of this is a reaction of backwater Indian males to the major changes that have come to India, particularly around women's rights. Women have been secondary citizens in India & expected to behave/look in a particular way, particularly outside the big cities.
We have to consider that this way of thinking not too dissimilar in thinking to the 1950s/1960s USA, and this thought process is still in play in the Western world for many men. I am not saying this to take away from the complete evilness of these men who brutally rapes this young girl, but to understand the mindset. Unfortunately, those at the top right now are not known as paragons of progress (N. Modi is part of the BJP, which is a right wing party).
Fortunately, there is a growing educated class in India and they are much more progressive in their thinking. My H's family in India would never 'high five' this man, nor would many others. I'm hoping that this man's words wake up this growing group to push for better women's rights and protection of all. They just need to fight through the major corruption that exists w/in much of the gov't and police systems.
Oh you should watch this Vice documentary of what the women in Bangladesh are dealing with. They don't stand a chance when the cops and religious leaders don't do anything against the rapists. Many women who speak up are turned into outcasts because something they did caused their rape. Their views are that a woman belongs in a kitchen birthing babies. As soon as she sets foot out her front door, she becomes a target.