Man let's daughter drown rather than have her rescued as the man saving her would have to touch her

eddie wrote:Sounds to me like his beliefs meant more than his own flesh and blood.
Imagine what her last few  moments were like.

Cuchulain wrote:

eddie wrote:Sounds to me like his beliefs meant more than his own flesh and blood.
Imagine what her last few  moments were like.

Again with literal belief the deity and commands are placed above family.
Which is what I find appalling within religions.

eddie wrote:Sounds to me like his beliefs meant more than his own flesh and blood.
Imagine what her last few  moments were like.

eddie wrote:

Cuchulain wrote:


Again with literal belief the deity and commands are placed above family.
Which is what I find appalling within religions.

Totally agree

Perhaps Zak can shed some light

Raggamuffin wrote:

eddie wrote:Sounds to me like his beliefs meant more than his own flesh and blood.
Imagine what her last few  moments were like.

Strictly speaking, he prevented it because of what she meant to him. He thought it would dishonour her to be touched by men.


exactly ragga.....10 camels and a dozen cows plus a few assorted sheep probably...thats the worth of women in THAT society


Weird I know, but there you go ...

Raggamuffin wrote:I think you're missing the point. They're not putting religion before their children, they believe that there are worse things than death for their children.

Cuchulain wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:I think you're missing the point. They're not putting religion before their children, they believe that there are worse things than death for their children.

And what are these views based from?

victorismyhero wrote:


exactly ragga.....10 camels and a dozen cows plus a few assorted sheep probably...thats the worth of women in THAT society

Raggamuffin wrote:

Cuchulain wrote:


And what are these views based from?

It doesn't matter what they're based on.

People who commit suicide think there are worse things that death too.

Raggamuffin wrote:

victorismyhero wrote:


exactly ragga.....10 camels and a dozen cows plus a few assorted sheep probably...thats the worth of women in THAT society

Well he didn't get any camels for her in the end did he?

victorismyhero wrote:I'm not missing the point at all....

women have financial value only. Especially daughters....

Raggamuffin wrote:

victorismyhero wrote:I'm not missing the point at all....

women have financial value only. Especially daughters....

We don't even know where the man was from, only that he was "Asian".

Apparently, he was prosecuted, and it probably happened nearly 20 years ago.

Raggamuffin wrote:Anyway, there were two men who went to save her. One could have rescued her while the other punched the father.

Cuchulain wrote:



Worth watching

Tommy Monk wrote:Sorry rags, my last post was a reply to Eddie's post.


I find it hard to believe that a national daily newspaper would print this story as a current incident if it really happened 20 years ago.


This may well have happened very recently and there may well be another very similar incident that happened 20 years ago too...


I only read what I thought was a report of a current event and posted it here as such... the caveat in The independent article saying that one report claims otherwise is hardly conclusive...

eddie wrote:S'what I just said ^^^^^^

Raggamuffin wrote:

eddie wrote:S'what I just said ^^^^^^

Actually, you said he was a lifeguard.

Tommy Monk wrote:So it was new news as it was a story about an incident that has only just come to light...!?



It may be a story of an event that happened 20 years ago... no time at all really... as some on here think all British people should be held responsible for the actions of some hundreds of years ago...!