blame the woman

[sereneorange]

NAGAPATTINAM,
India (Reuters) - It took just a few seconds
for Shiva Shankari, like her village, to lose her future.

And her husband blames her for losing it,
for not holding on hard enough to their two sons when the Indian Ocean
tsunami swept through their south Indian village.

"I thought that my two sons were my future. With them I could
build this family," the 22-year-old said, choking back tears at a
refugee camp in the sprawling Hindu temple of Neela Dayachi Amman.

"What can I do? I am lost. My husband said, 'Why are you
alive and my sons are dead?"'

I cannot even begin to
imagine what any of these people are going through, but that right there
is just sick and sad.

There are so many things that make me
grateful to live in this country. There are cultures where the women are
expected to light themselves on fire if their husbands die or are killed.

There are cultures where only the parents of the husband are taken
care of by the couple when the parents are elderly.

We work hard,
we toil in feilds, the workplace and in the home. We carry, create and
nurture the children and in many many other cultures, women are second
class citizens.

So, despite my annoyance at the United States for
various reasons, I am so grateful to have been lucky enough to have been
born and raised here.

Comments

[jason-bond-69.livejournal.com]

I read this earlier and it pissed me off. Granted, it is a cultural thing over there, but didn't this prick ever think that his wife did all she could to save their kids? Geez!

Good thing I wasn't near by or I would have left my boot prints astride his butt crack!

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I dig you

[prowly.livejournal.com]

and just where was this motherfucker when that shit went down? Maybe *he* should have tried holding on to the kids. Asshead.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

I am guessing fishing.

my sis says if she is lucky he will leave her. She is going to be miserable because her kids have died, at least she could be miserable without that fucker shitting all over her all day.

[prowly.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know why he's still alive...

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

because the fates are real bastards

[prowly.livejournal.com]

don't you mean bitches?

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

no. Todays magic word is bastards. Everyone today are bastards. Tomorrow everyone will be bitches.

I shall make you a chart so you can follow along.

[prowly.livejournal.com]

what are they on Thursdays?

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

sonsabitches

[prowly.livejournal.com]

so...

Sun - ?
Mon - ?
Tue - Bastards
Wed - Bitches
Thu - Sonsabitches
Fri - ?
Sat - ?

What day do assholes fall into? jackwads? motherfuckers? assclowns? asshats? assheads? asses?

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

friday, Muthafucker
Saturday, thumbdicks
Sunday, shit boxes
Monday.. well those I just call customers

[prowly.livejournal.com]

:)

[motherpuckett.livejournal.com]

That is indeed quite sucky.

While certainly not on the same scale, we still seem to have an issue or two of our own to deal with...

[onnotangu.livejournal.com]

she leaves one jerk for another one? great..

and people wonder why I don't like reading the news.


and for the indian couple...people always want someone to blame for the loss of a child..anyone to blame..even their spouses.