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Old 04-28-2008   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: India's Gulabi Gang: Vigilantism Justified?

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Originally Posted by kevmartin View Post
So, you do see that in some situations, people's lack of access to resources can force them to take the law into their own hands and use whatever tools they can get their hands on in order to find justice.
Yeah, pretty much, but I reserve the right to reverse if you start playing semantics with me. If you're going to try to use this as some contrived excuse for Muslim extremists strapping bomb belts on their children, you'll fall flat on your face.

Your earlier comment about "not being the way of civilization" was useful. Do you think their primitive culture and conditions even resembles civilization as we know it? I think these women's actions, while perhaps problematic in some ways, is a move towards a more civilized way of life, not away from it, provided there isn't some other side to the story I'm not aware of.
Eric
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