tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post1648966272218836576..comments2023-10-25T04:54:37.147-07:00Comments on Just Right: Kingston Mills "honour killings"?JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-36583326357360043422009-07-24T16:55:38.050-07:002009-07-24T16:55:38.050-07:00Yup, everyone, even the CBC as you point out, is t...Yup, everyone, even the CBC as you point out, is talking about this in terms of honour killing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1822179" rel="nofollow">An article in today's Post</a> gives six recent examples of possible honour killings of Canadian "daughters and sisters". The Kingston Mills case brings that to ten. And there's apparently another possible three in Gananoque. All girls or women and all from patriarchal cultures known treat females as chattels and to practice killing them for "honour".JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884491329536733335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-30584002992938560472009-07-24T05:04:02.574-07:002009-07-24T05:04:02.574-07:00Wow, was I wrong. Even the CBC National allowed t...Wow, was I wrong. Even the CBC National allowed the Honour Killings phrase into its coverage and had Tarek Fatah among its interviewees. Where have I been?<br />(answer - not watching CBC much)Zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454330013436283393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649264476699871612.post-64069009521155418072009-07-23T19:27:20.809-07:002009-07-23T19:27:20.809-07:00That is probably taboo even to hint at, at least f...That is probably taboo even to hint at, at least for a TV journalist, but it is easy to leap to the conclusion here in the blogosphere.<br /><br />The presence of the ex-wife makes it different from killing a rebellious daughter, and more like a generic domestic dispute, imho.Zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454330013436283393noreply@blogger.com