[FoRK] NOW...when?

[Tom Higgins]

Read this on a local Portland blog, made me do some digging and damn
this is one for the head scratching. Add to this the underwhelming
response to lots of things like the war, torture, erosion of the rule
of law here in the states.  You have to look to non US countries to
see any sort of real demonstrations by the populace.

http://www.ovo127.com/blog/2007/11/trevor-blake-where-are-you-now.html

"Backstory: A woman in Saudi Arabia has been sentences to 200 lashes
for being outside her house without the supervision of a male
relative. This after she was gang raped.

27 May 2007:
Christina Hoff Sommers (quoted by OVO October 2007): "If you go to the
websites of major women's groups, such as the National Organization
for Women, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the National Council for
Research on Women, or to women's centers at our major colleges and
universities, you'll find them caught up with entirely other issues,
seldom mentioning women in Islam. [...] The condition of Muslim women
may be the most pressing women's issue of our age, but for many
contemporary American feminists it is not a high priority. Why not?"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/641szkys.asp?pg=1

October 2007:
OVO: "What -ism is it in the West that is addressing atrocities like
this? At present, it isn't feminism. Feminism in the West currently
devotes a great deal of effort critiquing body image in the mass
media. This is a topic well worth addressing, but it is utterly
insignificant in the face of what is happening to women (and men,
particularly homosexual men) in Muslim nations. The -ism in the West
that is addressing atrocities like this is atheism."
http://www.ovo127.com/blog/2007/11/associated-press-court-hands-jail-term.html

17 November 2007:
Advice Goddess: "Meanwhile, the National Organization For Women has
been bizzy, bizzy, bizzy protesting a bunch of rather benign ads they
find 'offensive to women,' yet not a peep out of the ladies about
Saudi Arabia's punishment for this Saudi rape victim (apparently
increased because she complained about how little punishment her
attackers got)."
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2007/11/dont_get_gangra.html

19 November 2007:
Glenn Beck: "Before the break I promised you that I`d read the full
statement of outrage from the National Organization of Women and
organizations like that, about the case in Saudi Arabia where a rape
victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and thrown in jail for being raped.
So here they are. [... silence... ]"
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/19/gb.01.html

20 November 2007:
This is Mission Critical: "Now, before I rage about how terrible this
makes the country of Saudi Arabia look, please permit me one brief
diversion. Reading the article, I went to the website of the National
Organization of Women, expecting to find them up in arms over this
absolutely ludicrous treatment of a fellow woman. Alas, not a single
mention. Read that again as well. The leading feminist organization in
the biggest democracy in the world cannot be bothered to care about a
woman who is being punished for (1) being out on her own, and then (2)
punished again for speaking out against gang rape. What else is so
important to NOW that they don't have the time to once mention this
unnamed Saudi woman? Let's look. At 8:34 P.M. on 20 November 2007, the
leading news article on NOW is about holiday shopping."
http://missioncritical.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/youre-kidding-right-right/

21 November 2007:
Bloodthirsty Liberal: "Now I'm curious, what has NOW (National
Organization of Women) said about this case? See for yourself. Hint:
you have to go way past 'Easy Holiday Shopping That Supports Women's
Rights' and 'No Reward for Imus'... and you still won't find it."
http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=4401
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