for example,
I bought my kitty cat caviar ( tuna bonito flakes) for $10 (for a small container). Now I THOUGHT my cat would appreciate it and love it. instead he would not eat it. and when i attempted to salvage my money by spearding the flakes over his regular food, he got diarrhea and I woke up to poop on my pillow.
served me right for getting him some fancy shit, when all he wants is the $1 canned food from Canadian Tire.
so many questions...just so so many questions
that day was the day I realized i just had to get away, as the police really dont want to get involved with these things.
Im speaking from experience too.
As an immigrant from Iran, I had this conversation over and over with my own father who wanted me to observe some of the cultural boundaries and rules of our country. Now to be fair to him it was never "do this or I'll kill you", but he was very restrictive in terms of my love life, my ability to leave the house and what I could wear. any attempts to dissent would be met either by pyhsical violence or more frequently verbal and emotional abuse.
His explanation always amounted to, "we brought you here for education but you should observe some morals"
I moved out of my house at 25 and never looked back... thank god.
I think thats why the word is so problematic. "honor killing" in itself is a cultural (and religious) matter. To sweep that under the rug is to ignore the fact that 4 innocent women died because the police didnt want to offend anyone's cultural sensetivities.
This was a crime, perpetrated (and defended in their sick minds) by a religious and cultural element. This needs to be addressed so that we can understand WHERE to draw the multicultural acceptance line...