tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post3102363789984892605..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: 30 Days - Day 7Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-5354278287076006122015-04-21T11:07:27.718-02:302015-04-21T11:07:27.718-02:30In India, it is not the religious establishment th...In India, it is not the religious establishment that is responsible as much as the patriarchal society. The more one reads about these stories, thanks to the very active media, the more one asks the same questions that you ask of ICH.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-10162695616302398512015-04-20T00:02:41.641-02:302015-04-20T00:02:41.641-02:30Oh, wow. This is such a great rant.
(I grew up C...Oh, wow. This is such a great rant.<br /><br /> (I grew up Catholic ....)jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13843792256203783522015-04-18T23:21:37.259-02:302015-04-18T23:21:37.259-02:30My grandfather was a pastor who beat his wife and ...My grandfather was a pastor who beat his wife and children and was mean as a junkyard dog. And I've known several who made him look like the soul of kindness. As far as I've been able to tell religion is the best way ever devised of keeping the poor from killing the rich, robbing the populace poor and rich, and shielding sexual perverts and sadists from justice. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72344170361761055212015-04-18T13:01:51.239-02:302015-04-18T13:01:51.239-02:30It's almost unbelievable, isn't it -- the ...It's almost unbelievable, isn't it -- the shit that went on -- and is still going on. I have led a blessed life; to me, this history is only stories, this present reality is only stories. I can hardly stand to know these things occur on this planet to people just like me. It's impossible not to be angry and sad about it, and feel helpless in the face of it.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-36850610089370861112015-04-17T19:02:50.676-02:302015-04-17T19:02:50.676-02:30"...when women and children were treated like..."...when women and children were treated like chattel and given no voices, no land, no vote. Beaten. Abused. Told what to wear, how to behave. Deprived of education and rights."<br /><br />Muslim/Islam, right? <br /><br />Or<br /><br />Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule<br />I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black<br />I held my tongue as she told me, son<br />Fear is the heart of love, so I never went back<br /><br />-MoeMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464046406342523552noreply@blogger.com