I am just disgusted by this

I read a story a few days ago from Afghanistan. I saved the article so that I could appropriately give blog time to it. It made me angry on not only a personal level, but on the broader human level. And just when I have the time to devote to the first story, yet another story pops up from Afghanistan. And it just pisses me off. At what point will we take off the blinders and leave the carrot to rot? There are some really terrible things going on in the world and we don't want to see it. The media brushes past it with barely a glance. They are much more concerned about what kind of dog Obama got, what it's name was, and whether he broke a promise to get a rescue dog. I just get sick of the media some days. Ok, most days. They want to show the coffins of the soldiers who have sacrificed their lives to try and change the very atrocities I am talking about, so that they can put a negative spin on it. It drives me batty.

Ok so here are the stories.

The first is a story of a 19 year old girl and a 21 year old boy who tried to go to Iran to elope. The couple was turned in by their parents. Villagers were sent, apprehended the couple, and took them back to their home. They were then, in a matter of days, convicted of immoral acts. After which, they were placed in front of a Taliban firing squad and shot with AK-47's. All because they were in love and tried to elope. Americans think they have it bad. Afghan Couple Executed

The next one is about ridiculous brain washing. As if the above story about parents who would rather have their children killed than elope isn't.
300 women in Afghanistan were protesting. ( I have to add here that thank God some of them are standing up for themselves. Revolution has to start with them breaking the chains on their minds first and foremost)
" The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse — a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape. It also regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone."

I just want to scream , and I want to hug and support every woman who stood against this. The women who were protesting the law were stoned by 1,000 Afghans who swarmed them. The police were hard pressed to keep the two groups apart. I am surprised that the police didn't just massacre the protesters the way they run things over there. Thank God for small decencies and civil rights. Afghans Stone Women

This is what is going on in the world and we pay no attention.

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