"Honor Killings" of females and "Blood Feuds" against males - case studies and numbers - this needs to be examined and discussed.

wanna_dance · 2009-02-17T05:27:21+00:00

That's crazy. I've never heard of "blood feuds" in that way before.

I'm currently reading a book written by one of Sudan's "Lost Boys", one of the tens of thousands of displaced boys from southern Sudan . Wikipedia states that they "were fleeing persecution by Arabs", but the book reports that the long term unease between the Arabs and the Dinka (African tribes) was just part and parcel of a long long emnity between the groups, later kicked off by political parties who could gain advantage through using this emnity between the groups.

I'm thinking that the Rwandan genocide and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for just two other instances, seem to have a slightly similar frame.

I know these are different from "blood feuds", but are there similarities as well? and would thinking about one type of incivility help thinking about the others?

I guess the main question is: how do we become more "civilized", to the extent of disavowing violence, to the extent of supporting everyone's full humanity.

It's clear that this kind of thing is quite available in our human nature, but does that mean it's undeniable and that we must live in constant war(s)?

I've been a long-time supporter of the idea of "1% for peace". That is, for every dollar spent on war, spend 1 cent on researching peace - how to do it, how to resolve conflicts, how to mediate, what supporting structures are needed, etc....

Title	"Honor Killings" of females and "Blood Feuds" against males - case studies and numbers - this needs to be examined and discussed.
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Date	February 15, 2009 4:07 PM UTC (17 years ago)
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