Father lets daughter die to avoid male life-guards touching her

[leibowde84]

http://www.newser.com/story/211122/...rce=part&utm_medium=usatoday&utm_campaign=syn

Can anyone make any sense of this? Shouldn't this guy be locked up for this criminal behavior?

 

[Akivah]

Not according to many people in that part of the world. They routinely let their female children die rather than let males touch them during rescues. Look up the girls school fire in Saudi Arabia. Look up honor killings. It's part of their culture.

 

[George-ananda]

There is a lot of ridiculous thinking still in this world. I would think he would be charged with a crime in any modern thinking country. But in the Islamic world, there is a strange mix of modern and medieval thinking so who knows how the case will be handled.

 

[leibowde84]

Not according to many people in that part of the world. They routinely let their female children die rather than let males touch them during rescues. Look up the girls school fire in Saudi Arabia. Look up honor killings. It's part of their culture.

Should "parts of culture" like this even be respected. I mean, if there was a culture that had included in it the abandonment of all sick children due to religious beliefs, would the world put up with it?

 

[Tumah]

When it comes to this type of stuff, I always think that the person should be psychologically evaluated. Unless this is an accurate representation of this man's society its probably just one guy who's gone off the deep-end.

 

[Nakosis]

Should "parts of culture" like this even be respected. I mean, if there was a culture that had included in it the abandonment of all sick children due to religious beliefs, would the world put up with it?

No, the father did what he felt was right. You also have to do what you feel is right.

I'm fine with letting other folks have their culture as long as it ain't stepping on my toes. Letting someone die when they could be saved is stepping on my toes. Compassion outweighs culture.

 

[leibowde84]

No, the father did what he felt was right. You also have to do what you feel is right.

I'm fine with letting other folks have their culture as long as it ain't stepping on my toes. Letting someone die when they could be saved is stepping on my toes. Compassion outweighs culture.

I think the girls death is 100% on the father's hands. Reckless abandonment.

 

[Kirran]

Don't think there's really any excusing this. But I do think it is a very sad and extreme manifestation of a cultural more found in certain typically-Islamic regions. No excusing it, as I say.

 

[Quetzal]

Looking at the country it took place in, I am not surprised.

 

[leibowde84]

Looking at the country it took place in, I am not surprised.

So, this is just a cultural flaw then, in your opinion? Is this kind of behavior the norm there? That men are so disgusting that it is better to die than allow a lifeguard to save your life? It just is so idiotic.

 

[Kirran]

I cannot believe that this is something with is the absolute norm in any country.

 

[Godobeyer]

http://www.newser.com/story/211122/...rce=part&utm_medium=usatoday&utm_campaign=syn

Can anyone make any sense of this? Shouldn't this guy be locked up for this criminal behavior?

I read it in my local Journal today, i don't know if that true ,

so i believe he is insane, he must be judge for his crime against his daughter .

 

[Quetzal]

So, this is just a cultural flaw then, in your opinion? Is this kind of behavior the norm there? That men are so disgusting that it is better to die than allow a lifeguard to save your life? It just is so idiotic.

I agree. It is a cultural flaw because the idea of a culture is to create a group/society that can thrive and continue. This kind of culture does the opposite in the name of "purity".

 

[Yerda]

It's not clear exactly when the incident happened (one report suggests it might have actually happened in 1996), but Burqibah says the father was arrested and prosecuted for preventing rescuers from doing their job.

 

[Akivah]

Should "parts of culture" like this even be respected.

I don't. And most people in the West don't.

I mean, if there was a culture that had included in it the abandonment of all sick children due to religious beliefs, would the world put up with it?

There might be a culture somewhere in the world that already does this. Anyways, all sorts of countries have all sorts of differing beliefs. Which should the world choose?

 

[Akivah]

So, this is just a cultural flaw then, in your opinion? Is this kind of behavior the norm there? That men are so disgusting that it is better to die than allow a lifeguard to save your life? It just is so idiotic.

No, not a man that died. It was a woman. That's allowed in Islamic culture.

 

[Yerda]

No, not a man that died. It was a woman. That's allowed in Islamic culture.

There are lots of cultures in the Islamic world.

 

[Kirran]

No, not a man that died. It was a woman. That's allowed in Islamic culture.

Let's remember 'Islamic culture' is a hugely broad term. Of the Muslims I have met and talked to, none would sympathise with the father in this sad tale.

 

[columbus]

Dubai is not the only place where lethal parental idiocy happens.
Here in the USA children have died while their Christian parents tried to pray away diabetes and meningitis and such.
Tom

 

[leibowde84]

Dubai is not the only place where lethal parental idiocy happens.
Here in the USA children have died while their Christian parents tried to pray away diabetes and meningitis and such.
Tom

Are you referring to Christian Scientists? I agree. If a person wants to hurt themselves like this, it is their business. But, once they subject their children to it, it becomes criminal.