Woman Beaten to Death in Own Home

[Elvis]

I couldn't have got to know a culture, or even been required to out of necessity to perform my duties. Iranians are very different from the rest of the ME, is that your point? Or was your point that you understand an Iraqi/Levant Arab or an Afghan Pashtu because you lived in Iran and are Iranian? Ignoring the fact that Iranian's are Persian and closer genetically to Afghans (though culturally, worlds apart) and that Iran is pretty much the sole Shi'ite country in the world (in itself, a 180* difference from the rest of the ME)

But you've interrogated, studied, lived with and befriended plenty of Sunni Arabs - or rather, since you have not, your experience is far less broad than mine.

In fact, the only reason the US has any problem with AmericaJr is because of our instillation of the Shah, then Sadaam Hussein and then our two-sided deals prior to invading Iraq. Iranian's were not largely involved in the proxy war with Russia (in fact, some arms were moved through here to Pakistan) and were not involved in a proxy war of their own in Iraq until we ignored their peace offering and set out to establish another Sunni based power to their West. It wasn't until this became apparent that the rise of Muqtada al-Sadr occurred, along with the supply of weapons, ammunition, etc, through the support of the IRGC-QF. What scares the US the most now is that Iran has become the defacto imperial power in the ME and is seeking to establish itself across the Gulf of Oman and project it's naval power with bases in Africa - all the while establishing strong bonds through nearly the same level of humanitarian support that US has given to Iraq and Afghanistan in the hopes of ensuring loyal neighbors.

How does your experience in Afghanistan lead you to characterize the daughter's reaction as 'distinctly Arab'?

LOL@going into regional politics. What does that have to do with a hate crime?

[archibaldcrane]

I agree with Churchill, something is terribly off-putting with the daughter.

I felt like I was watching a really bad audition tape. It seems like such a performance.

[Sera]

"I don't need to know anything about a culture to make sweeping judgments of people from that culture."

oh ok

[Ksandra]

tries to prove culture by talking about history/politics and not talking about culture at all.

Church, you don't know dick except a small picture you got to experience.

That would be like being stationed in the red neck south for a year and assuming you know the culture of all americans.


I'd also like to point out for those that are put off by the daughter's attitude, at t the time the video was taken the mother was not dead. Everyone reacts differently to stressful situations Arab and non. She might have refused to believe her mom was going to die from all this, and therefore anger was a strong stronger emotion to her. That's not exactly a strange reaction from anyone from any age.

[Correction]

Hey I watched the first two episodes of "Justified." I am now an expert in Southern Culture.

[Kuya]

You guys are armchair liberals getting your panties in a bunch because someone isn't pc enough for you. Church has spent years killing these people, thus he knows their souls. And he doesn't like what he sees.

[Sera]

rofl

[Churchill]

I heard Afghanistan was the only country I had the good fortunes of slaying brown people in, or living in, etc.

[Sera]

ALL BROWN PEOPLE BE LOOKING/ACTING SAME. WHY YOU NO REALIZE THIS AMERICA?

[Jeryhn]

WHY YOU NO REALIZE THIS AMERICA?

Incorrect vernacular employed with forced meme usage.
2/10, would not bang, even with a crowbar.

[Yuri-G]

You guys are armchair liberals getting your panties in a bunch because someone isn't pc enough for you. Church has spent years killing these people, thus he knows their souls. And he doesn't like what he sees.

false; brown people don't have souls.

[Cleveland_7795]

Uh oh.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...-a-hate-crime/

Not looking good for the hate crime you were hoping for.

(Description of assailant is dark skinned man in a...HOODIE!)

[Byrthnoth]

Haha, so the daughter's boyfriend probably killed her mom? Or her husband killed her? Or any of the other options...?

Gotta hand it to Churchill for calling this one.

[Milkster]

Haha, so the daughter's boyfriend probably killed her mom? Or her husband killed her? Or any of the other options...?

Gotta hand it to Churchill for calling this one.

Have to hand it to him for what? Also, how is it still not a hate crime?

[Byrthnoth]

Because it looks incredibly likely that everything hate-crime related is forged and the family had very substantial internal issues?

The daughter (jumps out of cars, doesn't want to get married, compares her mom getting dropped/beaten with 6 hits to the skull to dropping a plate) and the father (wife wants a divorce) are the most probable suspects.

Lets just say that before my sympathy level for the family was a 9, and now it is a 3.

[archibaldcrane]

Like a bad acting audition.

[archibaldcrane]

Have to hand it to him for what? Also, how is it still not a hate crime?

Yeah guys, obviously the daughter or husband hated her, so it's a hate crime.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Pretty sure the note I left said to get back to the kitchen

[Aristio]

I've been watching old episodes of Monk for the last few days and because of this it's going to be the daughter who killed her mother.

[Cleveland_7795]

Terrible that having such a large community can have this kind of hate.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...omans-killing/

So good! Congrats on manufactured hate crimes.

(not really a necro as dude was arrested yesterday)