sad news... pours in one after the other

[smittenbyu]

This afternoon I saw posts from cousins and friends here in Bangalore about something horrible happening at a school. They were all expressing anger and disgust. I knew to stay away as it would only further depress me. I could make a guess to what the news was. Evening my friend came over who is a teacher at the school involved in the controversy but at another branch. Horrific news. A 6 year old girl was raped by (allegedly) two teachers during school hours! How is that even thinkable?! Who does that?!

My thoughts and prayers go out to the girl who will carry this for the rest of her life. Wish her all the strength and courage to not let them power her and define her life ahead of her!

As I put D to bed, I promised her I would do my best to keep her safe. She happily agreed and said, "yes, mommy! You have to keep me safe from all the dinosaurs that might eat me up!" Oh how I wish that was the problem!

The news left me very numb the rest of the evening.

Then get the news that a Malaysian Airlines plane crashed at the Ukraine/Russia border. I have been completely off from keeping up with news. But this was posted by a friend who also calls Malaysia home! How sad!

Comments

[sight.livejournal.com]

That is awful, terrifying and it makes me feel sick. :(

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Simply no words... heart wrenching :-(

My god

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

What people are capable of.

Teach your little one about safe touch and what to do if an adult acts inappropriate!

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

How awful! I'm sorry for that little girl and I hope someone castrates the teachers if they really did that. I can't even start to think how someone gets a sick idea like that.

I heard about the plane...

[smittenbyu]

This is just one sad story. So many girls are raped in this country that go unnoticed and hushed up. Threats of rape are made so casually too. It's horrible, the attitude.

For example, some politician threatened his opposing party leader to leave him and his family alone or he would send some men to rape all their wives and daughters and other womenfolk at home. It is just so disgusting and pathetically sad.

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Terrible!

Come to think of it, English/American speech mannerisms reflect just the same. Think about it: F*** you! You're screwed. You're f***ed. All of those do not really imply a consensual intercourse for fun but really, when you get down to it, a rape.

Apparently our society is seeing rape as a possible punishment for whatever they don't like. :-(