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Jun. 14th, 2005
Raped, Kidnapped and Silenced - Kristof
Well, this will probably be one of his last columns I can comment on since the NYTimes plans to make the oped page only available to paying subscribers. Anyway...
Remembereing hearing last year about the Pakistani woman who was ordered by a village tribunal to be gang raped in retribution for something her brother supposedly did? And how instead of staying quiet (or killing herself), she spoke out? And then started separate schools for both boys and girls w/ donations she had recieved?
Well she got enough donations to also start a shelter for abuse victims as well as buy a van to serve as an ambulance for the village.
What's wrong now? Well "a group of Pakistani-Americans invited Ms. Mukhtaran to visit the U.S. starting this Saturday". And apparently the Pakistani gov (ie President Pervez Musharraf) was a little PO-ed about this: On Thursday, the authorities put Ms. Mukhtaran under house arrest - to stop her from speaking out. In phone conversations in the last few days, she said that when she tried to step outside, police pointed their guns at her. To silence her, the police cut off her land line.
Then on friday, the courts released her six attackers (who had been tried and convincted of their crimes). When Mukhtaran continued calling the US by cell phone to protest her treatment, the police "took" her to an unknown location where she is not allowed to contact family or a lawyer. And if they did release her, all the airports in the country have been notified to not let her leave.
Nice to know that President Musharraf has his priorities in order.
And now I'm going to do my best to not think of how this actually scarily echoes some of what Homeland Security has done to supposedly identified terrorists who have happened to just committed the crime of wanting to take a plane flight.
Well, this will probably be one of his last columns I can comment on since the NYTimes plans to make the oped page only available to paying subscribers. Anyway...
Remembereing hearing last year about the Pakistani woman who was ordered by a village tribunal to be gang raped in retribution for something her brother supposedly did? And how instead of staying quiet (or killing herself), she spoke out? And then started separate schools for both boys and girls w/ donations she had recieved?
Well she got enough donations to also start a shelter for abuse victims as well as buy a van to serve as an ambulance for the village.
What's wrong now? Well "a group of Pakistani-Americans invited Ms. Mukhtaran to visit the U.S. starting this Saturday". And apparently the Pakistani gov (ie President Pervez Musharraf) was a little PO-ed about this: On Thursday, the authorities put Ms. Mukhtaran under house arrest - to stop her from speaking out. In phone conversations in the last few days, she said that when she tried to step outside, police pointed their guns at her. To silence her, the police cut off her land line.
Then on friday, the courts released her six attackers (who had been tried and convincted of their crimes). When Mukhtaran continued calling the US by cell phone to protest her treatment, the police "took" her to an unknown location where she is not allowed to contact family or a lawyer. And if they did release her, all the airports in the country have been notified to not let her leave.
Nice to know that President Musharraf has his priorities in order.
And now I'm going to do my best to not think of how this actually scarily echoes some of what Homeland Security has done to supposedly identified terrorists who have happened to just committed the crime of wanting to take a plane flight.
One more day till i get to see Christian Bale on the Imax. I'm almost wondering if I should or shouldn't wear my contacts. I'm unsure "how" it will be to see the screen. Normally I do wear my contacts because it's difficult to do my glasses w/ a wide screen to see all of it. Opinions from people who have actually seen an imax??
Now to just make sure I don't have an experiment timing screw me up. Have to start one but uncertain how to do the timing.
Now to just make sure I don't have an experiment timing screw me up. Have to start one but uncertain how to do the timing.
Happy Birthday, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bdgeministar!!!!
Jun. 14th, 2005 11:57 pm(and as a found out today, happy birthday astriana_ as well).
Hey babe, happy birthday and I hope it's a good one for ya:) I wanted to do something to make the day special for you .... started out trying to do John/Chiana for you, but well, my muse has never been much for the shippiness. Instead, it gave birth to this bunny (whose prologue may look very familiar to some):
luridmuse did the banner for me:) I'm sure she's sending you the matching wallpaper soon:) The beginning of the story is under the cut...A nice sized chunk for you today w/ more pieces popping up frequently (and who knows, maybe even the ending quickly *knocks on wood*). This story present may just be the worst kept secret on lj, but I hope it's a bit of a surprise in some way:)
A/N to everyone else:cassiee, luridmuse, and mona1347 are giving me incredible beta service and have been incredibly speedy since they knew I had this deadline.
Warning: Farscape/Firefly xover. Spoilers for Farscape through "Infinite Possibilities" (season 3) and it's AU from the ending of that same episode. Firefly -- most likely spoilers for the entire Fox season. No spoilers for the movie, Serenity, and I haven't seen it so DO NOT spoil me in your comments. If you haven't seen one or the other, the story should still be understandable. I'm doing my best to incorporate backstory as I go.
If you are not exceedingly familiar with Farscape or it's been a while, you can find a great list of Farscape vocab here. And no, weeken is not a typo. Nor is monen.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. Firefly is the property of Joss Whedon, Fox, and Universal. Farscape belongs to Jim Henson Company, the Sci Fi Channel, and Hallmark Enterntainment. This is not done for profit, merely fun. Suing me will only result in lots of stress for me and no money for you.
Rated T for teen.
And now.. on to the story finally:
( Twin Regrets )
I have two more chapters done already, I'm just not quite happy with them yet. So shortly really does mean shortly this time:)
astriana_ as well).Hey babe, happy birthday and I hope it's a good one for ya:) I wanted to do something to make the day special for you .... started out trying to do John/Chiana for you, but well, my muse has never been much for the shippiness. Instead, it gave birth to this bunny (whose prologue may look very familiar to some):
luridmuse did the banner for me:) I'm sure she's sending you the matching wallpaper soon:) The beginning of the story is under the cut...A nice sized chunk for you today w/ more pieces popping up frequently (and who knows, maybe even the ending quickly *knocks on wood*). This story present may just be the worst kept secret on lj, but I hope it's a bit of a surprise in some way:)A/N to everyone else:
cassiee, luridmuse, and mona1347 are giving me incredible beta service and have been incredibly speedy since they knew I had this deadline. Warning: Farscape/Firefly xover. Spoilers for Farscape through "Infinite Possibilities" (season 3) and it's AU from the ending of that same episode. Firefly -- most likely spoilers for the entire Fox season. No spoilers for the movie, Serenity, and I haven't seen it so DO NOT spoil me in your comments. If you haven't seen one or the other, the story should still be understandable. I'm doing my best to incorporate backstory as I go.
If you are not exceedingly familiar with Farscape or it's been a while, you can find a great list of Farscape vocab here. And no, weeken is not a typo. Nor is monen.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. Firefly is the property of Joss Whedon, Fox, and Universal. Farscape belongs to Jim Henson Company, the Sci Fi Channel, and Hallmark Enterntainment. This is not done for profit, merely fun. Suing me will only result in lots of stress for me and no money for you.
Rated T for teen.
And now.. on to the story finally:
( Twin Regrets )
I have two more chapters done already, I'm just not quite happy with them yet. So shortly really does mean shortly this time:)