[rellimpank]

working the land: the women do it for them, mostly at night.

Gee whiz--if us Wisconsin farmers had had a deal like this 45 years ago, I might still be one--

[Maceman]

they decided that in a case of murder, only the actual killer, rather than his extended family, can be targeted in a revenge blood feud.

Duh! What a concept! Regular bunch of social Einsteins.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Yet another blow to cultural diversity in our world.

Albanians should know that this is just one step on the slippery slope that ends with France.

[aculeus]

The Scotsman is always worth checking.

They manage to do some original reporting.

[mark502inf]

When I was in the Balkans, the public affairs officer at our embassy in Tirana also doubled as the cultural exchange officer. She arranged for an American touring band to play at the theater in Shkodra in nothern Albania. The theater manager was "in blood", so had to stay inside his house where the other clan was not allowed to kill him. She had to go to his house in the hills and sit down with a sketch of the theater and make all the arrangements--a singular experience!

I spent a lot of time in the Albanian populated areas and have never been treated so hospitably & courteously in my life--but I was also never more concentrated on minding my behavior to ensure I did not give occasion for offense!

[gaijin]

Reading this, aren't you all delighted that we went to war in the Balkans?

I mean, it's lovely that we bombed the descendents of the men who rescued our downed WWII pilots, on behalf of Muslim whackos who are nationally obsessed with honor killings, who yearn for us to go back to the 7th century, and finally convert or kill our kids!

Good thing we helped out those Ethnic Albanians! I felt so American when we did that!

[protest1]

"...where they decided that in a case of murder, only the actual killer, rather than his extended family, can be targeted in a revenge blood feud."

"The Kanun, or code, essentially demands blood for blood and an eye for an eye, and places the responsibility for safeguarding a family’s honour, or "bese", on its male members."

No this is nothing to do with "an eye for an eye" quite the opposite this scripture limits revenge to like for like. You cannot go around killing extended family members as the "Kanum" recommended. Looks like they are now catching up with the Old Testament in limiting culpability to just the killer.