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Originally Posted by Gansan Wrong. Nobody is saying there is no problem. Just that there is as much problem as in any other "advanced" society. No more, no less. |
Absolutely wrong! India DOES have a big, serious problem with violent rapes, gang-rapes, brutal rapes and other such violence against women and girls where they are tortured in the most inhuman way and then killed, or thrown out of a moving vehicle, or left to die, or raped repeatedly and violently even as life slowly ebbs out of the victim.
People don't want to recognise or acknowledge the heinousness of such crimes which occur with alarming frequency in this country (and other Third World hellholes). Such violent and inhuman incidents are very rare in the civilised countries, though they may have taken place.
Acknowledging this would mean acknowledging how how truly sub-human a few Indian males really are. Acknowledging this would mean how pathetic the culture and upbringing of such people truly is. Acknowledging this would mean we have to live with the idea that there are such sub-humans who share the same nationality and gender as ourselves.
It is a very difficult thing to do. And that is why many don't want to do it. They simply lack what is required for self-introspection as members of a society and country.
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Originally Posted by Gansan Just that culturally ingrained opinions and beliefs will take time to change, and till that happens, a little discretion does not hurt. |
So should one just let that happen at it's own snail-like pace (if it does at all), instead of trying to push it faster in order to make the country safe for women and girls?
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Originally Posted by Gansan Just as saying there is no problem is not true, so is this film, which magnifies things to an extent where international opinions are formed or malformed. That is equally wrong. |
It magnifies nothing, it exaggerates nothing, it does not seek to form or "malform" international opinions. It is just an honest attempt to explore the reason why such people do what they do and why society does not deter them in their heinous actions.
International opinions are formed by what is actually happening in the country, the number of incidents that take place, the alarming frequency at which it occurs, the justice that the victims never get and so on. NOT by what one single documentary presents about one single incident, which happened to be the one of the most (if not
the most) heinous one of them all.
There are several more of such nature. I bet there will be many who don't even want to acknowledge that they have taken place.
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Originally Posted by Gansan It can hurt the economy and oppurtunities (like the student whose seat was rejected), which no body wants. |
The real reason why the economy may be hurt and Indian males would be ostracised (even if by unnecessary stereotyping) is NOT because of the documentary.
It is because of the HEINOUS CRIMES against women themselves, and our UTTER FAILURE to PREVENT them! How hard is this to understand? Did all those countries which issued travel advisories to their female citizens do so after this documentary was released? A big NO!
Many countries did so after their women tourists were subjected to horrible violence in India, and felt the need to ensure their safety, which is perfectly understandable! These advisories preceded the documentary ban and release by months, if not years.
It could be a similar thing with the University of Leipzig incident. How does one know it was because of the documentary? It could well have been because the German professor was quite aware of the heinous incidents of crime against women happening in India. As inappropriate as what she did was, there is nothing wrong in wanting to protect herself and her female students from what they perceived to be a threat. It's natural human instinct to do so. What if her students simply told her they were uncomfortable working with an Indian male? How can she ignore their concerns?
If one wants to avoid such boycott effects on the economy and such perceived denial of opportunities, then one has to FIX the problems that lead to such concerns. And that is FIX the problem of violent rapes occurring in India with alarming frequency. Not by banning a documentary that can serve as a starting point to fix the problem!
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Originally Posted by Gansan Just imagine, if US work visas are denied like the student's seat, will the documentary still receive as much support as it has till now? I think not. |
You may think not because it is in line with your way of thinking that it's the documentary that's causing the problem, and not the frequent violent rapes themselves.
What makes you think those in the IT sector care more about a H1B visa than about the safety and well-being of their own wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters etc.?