tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post5521712854108686256..comments2024-03-28T20:42:14.758-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: That I know people who'd probably make excuses for thisFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-80659284291910403202011-11-25T17:26:57.328-08:002011-11-25T17:26:57.328-08:00"First wife" does not mean "first w..."First wife" does not mean "first wife" as Westerners use the phrase. I belive there was a case some 45 years ago with a similar living situation in which the judge said the man was living in an arrangement that would make the residents of a monkey house blush.<br />We must not deny this man his culture, but we cannot deny the culture of the judge or the community in which they both live.<br />To quote Sir Charles Napier, "it is your custom to burn widows, and it is my custom to hang such as do that by the neck until they are dead." And THAT occurred in INDIA where it was the custom. There is no excuse for not hanging this man for doing such a thing in a country where that is not the custom of the majority, nor is it the law. <br />Perhaps an Amicus Brief is in order, asking the court to take judicial notice of Sir Charles Napier's words.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-65968339768384102572011-11-24T03:46:23.258-08:002011-11-24T03:46:23.258-08:00Do not deny this man his culture. What else would ...Do not deny this man his culture. What else would one do with three treacherous daughters? They had boyfriends for Pete's sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com