What Kind of Justice is This?

This is a blatant example of the use of religious authority to permit the commission of immoral acts. On Thursday April 21, 2011, Pakistan's Supreme Court acquitted and freed five men accused of gang-raping a village woman in 2002 on the orders of a tribal council. The case received worldwide attention, and the victim Mukhtar Mai has become an international icon of women's rights. Women's groups and human rights monitors in Pakistan called the high court verdict a travesty of justice and said it showed that the country's judicial system is patriarchal and prejudiced against women. How can a tribal council order the rape of a woman? In June 2002 a village council ordered Mai, then 33, to be gang raped in retaliation for an alleged romantic relationship between her 13-year old brother and a woman from another tribe. After the rape, she was paraded naked around the village by the Islamic hard-liners who viewed her punishment as compensation for the perceived sins of one of her relatives. Does the punishment fit the crime? Absolutely not! There was no crime. There was heavy, heavy lust. There was a desire to have sex with an attractive young woman. The Islamic tribal leaders found a way to do it. This is evil. It is an outrage. What kind of justice is this? It is not justice. It is crime.

But He Was A Great Athlete

His name was Brody. He was poor. His dad was a drunk. He was a big liar, and he had a terrible temper. He had a hard time getting along with people.........but he was a great athlete. He was big for his age. At the age of twelve he pitched on a little league team. He was overpowering with his fastball and curve. He pitched about three no-hitters each season. He was also a very good hitter. His batting average was 420. He hit 7 home runs. Too bad he did not have much of an upbringing. His bad temper disallowed him from being a team player. He was bitter. He always wanted more glory for his accomplishments. He was a fast runner. In football, he always wanted to be the quarterback. He complained because he wanted to make the touchdowns, so he took the ball from the center, made a short pass behind the line of scrimmage and ran down the field for a pass. He wanted to do it all, but he did not like to block. He scored touchdowns as the quarterback and the receiver. On several occasions, he threw high passes downfield, ran downfield and caught them himself. He was a glory hog. But he was a great athlete. I use the word great because the potential for greatness was there. Although he showed much skill in baseball and football, I think his best accomplishments were in basketball. He was an accurate shooter. He always wanted to be the high point man. Again, constantly refusing to be a team player. He was not very coachable. He argued with his team mates. He played hard. He did well, but it was all for him. He had issues. Issues that he could not overcome. He did not play sports in high school. He quit high school. He couldn't get along with people. As I look back, I think a mentor he could have connected with might have helped him. A coach that could have reached him. Someone to teach him to respect the team concept. It never happened. After he quit school he moved away. I don't know what happened to him. But he was a great athlete.