Reminding me why I do what I do
Five years of RightGirl. Five years of hate and terror and murder. Five years of immersing myself in the stories that deal with the very worst humanity has to offer, for hours every day, until my dreams are haunted by falling buildings and fire and shards of broken glass. Five years of having those who disagree with me call me names, or threaten my safety. Five years of being their whipping girl.
I do it because someone has to. I do it because your six o’clock news is besotted with things like the Obama administration and Jessica Simpson’s weight, and buries stories like this:
A Pakistani man went on trial in France on Tuesday for setting his ex-girlfriend alight after she refused to marry him, in a case that rights groups are using as as a symbol of violence against women in poor neighbourhoods.
Amer Mushtaq Butt, 28, doused Chahrazade Belayni in petrol and set fire to her on the street as she was leaving her home in the under-privileged Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Marne in 2005.
She suffered third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body, fell into a coma and underwent many operations. Belayni, now 21, works for the police.
“I want him to pay for what he did, not for my sake but to show other girls who have problems with their partners that it’s possible to fight back and the justice system won’t abandon them,” she told reporters just before the trial opened.
Butt fled to Pakistan after the attack on Belayni but returned to France to hand himself in a year later. He has confessed to the attack and blamed it on an obsession with the young woman. He faces a maximum sentence of life in jail.
Reuters goes on to say how aggrieved these poor immigrants are, and how they kill and maim their women because they feel excluded from society. Tell ya what - I plan to exclude any fucker from my society who thinks it’s ok to set fire to his girlfriend. Not the other way around. Is there anything these “youths” won’t burn?
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Pingback by Steynian 323 « Free Canuckistan! — February 11, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
You know what?! I wouldn’t blame it on youth. I can’t even say he’s crazy or mindless. This guy had a clear intent on what he had to do and how to do it. And, he followed through!
There are a lot of people who don’t value another persons life, and seemingly, he is one of them. I don’t see how he is not getting the death penalty. Thats not an even exchange. He tried to take a life, lets take his in return.
p.s.
This does kinda happen often. US media isn’t just jaded, it’s controlled and enforces a soft world view. The world is a dirty ugly place, and a lot of it hates us.
Comment by Gorillamonk — February 11, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
Burn a Koran? Riots and hundreds dead.
Burn a girl? Ho hum.
Comment by BillyHW — February 11, 2009 @ 5:52 pm
This sort of crime is not limited to Koran bashers.
I personally know a young lady who was doused in petrol by her partner with the intent to set her alight. She was so emotionally dead at the time she didn’t even act to protect herself. If it had not been for police’s timely arrival she would probably be dead or disfigured. The assailant was Caucasian. Barbaric acts of this nature are just appalling.
Comment by matt — February 11, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Judge him for what he is as a person, not his religion or race. Basically he’s a piece of sh*t & should be treated as such. Did he return from Pakistan because he thought life in a French jail would be more comfy than life in Pakistan?
Comment by Aid Renegade — February 12, 2009 @ 1:20 am
matt: not because she refused hijab, though!
Good on Reuters for daring to use the M-word in this article
Comment by brad — February 12, 2009 @ 9:27 am
brad: and that somehow make my friend’s experience more acceptable? There’s no justification for setting a woman on fire. The quote about hijab was from activists making generalised comments about French Muslims and wasn’t specific to the crime. The guy is a scumbag no doubt. But if he was white we would be having a discussion?
Comment by matt — February 12, 2009 @ 10:06 am
Its only a matter of time before this sort of thing happens in Canada.
Comment by Bill Gibbons — May 11, 2009 @ 1:47 pm