Casually Red
tomorrow belongs to me
Found mesel agreeing with the opinions in you link until we got to this,
"I am often told that I am too westernized or too liberal by people I know, and they are not wrong or inaccurate. My values are for the most part western values. However, there are two middle-eastern traits in me that I can never give up: The first is my stupid insistince on always paying for the bill when I am with a girl I am dating, and the second is my protectiveness of women. I have no tolerance for those who assault women sexually in any way, and that almost got me kicked out of my school in Boston when I broke the leg of one of my roommates who raped a friend of mine. The incident only resulted in him getting a broken leg because people stoped me before I killed him. And I had the full intention of killing him. Rapists do not deserve to live. And that’s how I feel towards every single one of those pieces of shit that attacked women on the streets of cairo the other day.
People can debate solutions based on dialogue, education, or whatever and that’s their right. My solution is far simpler: Any egyptian man whose mother raised him right should beat the living crap of any man he sees on the street that assaults or harasses a female. Think of them as your sisters, and act accordingly. The Police isn’t interested in protecting the women, and that’s fine, but that means that we should take this job as our own. Those who insist on acting like animals will be treated as such, and deserve no sympathy or mercy from us. I assure you, if we did this, if we undertook this as part of our national duty, there will no longer be a problem on our streets"
It then felt like the majority of the piece was no more than an opening for his 'hard man attitude' and a show of bravado and 'white Knightery'
Which then, sadly eclipsed, the truly horrifying events he had described up until then.
I don't agree. Plainly this is a massive problem that needs addressed. And the cops haven't been addressing it . He's suggesting a solution that would probably work. Right now there's very little downside for a sexual harasser .
And in a society were shame and honour , strength and weakness are pretty big issues getting the crap knocked out of you for sexually molesting women will both shame and dishonour you . As well as leaving you looking weak against the powerful .
While there's no end to all the sociological histrionics and suggested solutions that might take generations to take fruition its a simple fact women need a solution right now, as in today . His strikes me as a good one.