Let's see who is brave enough to answer this one?

Question

To the nice people whom answered my question by stating that their mother would not have gone to sudan.

Is it your selfishness or your lack of compassion for another human being that has blinded you?

I admit to have laughed at one of the questions.
But in retrospect, I deeply regret it!

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvhwElD_5Y4d_5Ytn0cfEzHAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071130093241AAKVGKr

Answer 1

Why regret it? Listen, it's not as if people are making jokes at her expense or to embarrass her. This particular incident is the one that really has people talking. This particular incident seems to be the one that is so ludicrous that you can't help but laugh - certainly not one of joy, but of the irony, the stupidity of the situation.
It's important that we keep the word out there. SHE deserves it, SHE deserves our outrage and protests and remembrance of what she is going through.
If we keep the buzz going, perhaps she'll make it home reasonable unscathed.

Answer 2

it's not a bad answer to me, why go somewhere so dangerous? was it really worth it?
Look, every culture has something that some other culture would have no idea was a crime. Look at middle eastern men that kiss their little boy's penis. If one did that here, he'd be thrown in jail and have the child taken away. WHo thinks to warn someone when they come here "by the way, it's illegal here to kiss little boys' penises."

She went somewhere where she disn't understand the rules.

I know people that were missionaries for 10 years in Yemen. If the govt. had found out that they were missionaries they could have been sentenced to death. They did it anyway. If they had been found out, how much sympathy should I have for them when they knew the danger? Well this woman only had a vague sense of the danger, that's enough for me to stay the hell away.

Answer 3

Seriously, worse things have happened in the world, and in our country, then this. Although it is another item on a long list of absurd overreations of the Islamic faithful against the slightest threats to their faith, worse has been perpertrated then this.

To be honest, even the fact that people in the country where this is happening are slightly outraged is more hope than you would expect to gain from hearing about events occuring in the Middle East...it is just a horrific place...

Answer 4

Actually, I got blinded by a drink called "Aquatofana."

A little morbid humor is Ok. So long as you realize deep down that "there, but for the grace of God go I." (The sentiment that "there, but for the random luck of the universe go I" is just too clunky).

Humor is how we deal with some tough issue. But you are very right that one needs to keep a balance and never forget that we are all human: Our friends, family, that English woman and the people of Sudan. (You don't have to agree with the Sudanese, just try to understand where they are coming from: They hear blasphemy from a foreigner who is teaching their children -- of course they are going to overreact, it plays on every xenophobic bone in their body).

Answer 5

As a teacher she should have knowen that danger lurks at every corner in such a country as that.
Yes I feel sorry for her.
A person must take responsibility for there actions, that is the main tenant of adulthood.
When going someplace with a different culture than your own, a wise person would at least acquaint themselves with the culture. Don't you think. The whole world is not the same as downtown USA.

Answer 6

I feel sorry for that teacher. She is compelled by a need to do good. She was not there selling jesus to these kids, she was just teaching them to read!

i'm horrified by the sheer ignorance of the parents involved and the brutality of the mob. If Islam is such a religion of peace, then why do they never show any examples of it? At least not in this century (or the last)

Answer 7

Mind adding a link to the other question so some of us know what you're referring to?

Edit: Thanks for the link. Now that I know what you're talking about, humor is one way society deals with tragedy. Of course, if it was my mother I wouldn't be joking about it. But the story is so ridiculous, meaning the extent to which the extremists are taking this....it lends itself to humor. Especially since it is a teddy bear... named Mohammad... named by popular vote by the kids... which is also a popular name for men....this story is ripe for ridicule.

If I make a cartoon about Christ, nothing happens. If I make a cartoon about the Dali Lama, nothing happens. If I make a cartoon about Mohammad, the extremists take out a death warrant on me? This is crazy.

Answer 8

People lack compassion. People (the muslims) lack common sense.

I believe this is a horrible situation that has gotten completely out of control. The muslims are addicted to violence and seem to take any situation and turn it into a reason to harm someone. It is so sad and ridiculous all at the same time.

Answer 9

In all honestly, this lady had to have known what she was getting into. You don't go into a country like that and expect it to be like going to your average middle America down town. If she had no idea that Sudan's Muslims had some extremist views, then she had no reason going to Sudan.

With that being said... a few well place bombs could solve the problem in Sudan. They need a fresh start...

Answer 10

I bravely assume you're referring to the British teacher in Sudan who was convicted of blasphemy. I have all the compassion in the world for her, but she put herself in this predicament. She was a teacher in a foreign country; surely she had to know the law, unless she willfully chose not to learn it.

When foreigners travel to our country, we expect them to respect and obey our laws. We should show them the same respect when we visit their countries.

I truly hope this woman escapes with her life, and I hope she has learned a valuable lesson.


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