Posted on 02/09/2005 2:10:07 PM PST by Huntress
What you don't value, you lose.
The Indian practice of killing little girls, before or after they're born, is horrible. And of course infanticide is still practiced when it's not prosecuted. What the heck does it mean to call something illegal when it is also unpunishable?
That's women's rights for you.
The more I look outside our American borders the less I like what I see out there.
This is so sad. Is there any relief type agency that takes these babies out of India for adoption?
Oh, I'm sorry. For a moment there I thought you were talking about our immigration policies.
It seems to me that when the shortage of girls gets bad enough, the remaining girls and their families will have the leverage to demand concessions from the families of prospective grooms.
The only way to wipe out this evil is to bring Christianity and Jesus Christ to these people.
The Hindu religion and its legalistic customs cause the death of little Indian girls.
Get rid of dowries and half your battle is solved. Get rid of the belief in reincarnation and you solve the other half.
Exactly. Aborting baby girls (or killing born girls) is based on economic considerations (per the article). Abortion in our own culture is based primarily on economic considerations.
Same difference.
We like to think we are superior because we don't single out girls.
They could always hook up with the frustrated feminists in the U.S. The latter don't shave their legs, so Indian men should find them attractive.
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A dowery? Didn't those go out in the middle ages?
Feminists fought for a world where their own gender can be slaughtered.... Gotta love it. Selfish people with small minds increase the oppression of their sisters while thinking they are improving things.
IDIOTS.
"The only way to wipe out this evil is to bring Christianity and Jesus Christ to these people.
The Hindu religion and its legalistic customs cause the death of little Indian girls.
Get rid of dowries and half your battle is solved. Get rid of the belief in reincarnation and you solve the other half."
female infanticide is not because of any religion.The major reason is illiteracy among the people and dowry is a major factor.No religion advocates dowry but somehow this practice is followed(dont know which nutcase started it)by many in india.But the literacy rate is going up and in the near future this practice will be stopped..And believe me the educated class in india does not follow this practice.
And actually dowry system is illegal and is punishable in india.(there have been cases where people asking for dowry if found guilty have been given 6 years of imprisonment).But the reason why dowry system still continues is because people dont complain and as long as people dont complain nothing can be done.
i totally agree with u regarding the eradication of dowry system.But it is for the people to understand and believe in the judiciary(by complaining against those asking for dowry).
Reincarnation has nothing to do with female infanticide.
once the dowry system stops female infanticide will stop too.
And by the way its not only the hindus but also people following other religions practice it(including christians).
Reincarnation has to do with female infancticide in that in the minds of Hindus, the soul will simply come back again in the body of someone (or something else). Hence killing a fetus/little human baby is not such a big deal since you can just recycle its soul, so to speak.
In Christianity, we believe there is one life, and it is spent once, whether killed in the womb or lived to a full 90 years. This is why life is so much more sacred to Christians than Hindus. We also have commandments not to kill, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and to care for those less fortunate or weaker than ourselves.
well first of all hinduism does not ever preach killing a living soul .Yes,hindus do believe in reincarnation but that's not the major reason for female infanticide.
In India,dowry is the major problem.We have a lot of poor people in our country who just cant afford to pay it.Hence to avoid this hassle they prefer killing their little babies .This is very unfortunate but true.
Reincarnation to some extent may be true but till now whatever i have heard of,Dowry is the root cause .
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