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  • How The Cult of Purity Is Killing Girls
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    A dramatic but true story of my friend:


    Power and money rules, whichever party, whichever country. Powerful people know to twist the arms of the people to get their work done- holds good for federal illegal wiretapping to incorporating spying devices at your place, cars, cards or in the neighborhood areas where you stay. You never know who wants to drag you to the black world of prostitution.


    This is in year 2008. I had a friend of mine who was a student in US, who was victimized in a much horrible fashion. Leave aside illegal wiretap via wireless carrier; there were cameras at her place hidden in the lights in the living room, bathroom, in the bedroom. Not just that her conversations were being heard, but that her all moves were recorded by camera. Then these pictures were taken, modified by computer generated tools, and a mix of real and fake pictures (her face and someone else's nude body etc) were placed on display on a social networking sites, after making a fake profile with her name, pretending as though she is voluntarily displaying her naked pictures. There was also an advertisement placed for ‘Girl friend Experience' under her profile. We heard so many stories floating around about her, none of them true and were apparently meant just to defame her. This friend of mine is not just well qualified from best schools but she is a wonderful person with great heart and far away from the world of prostitution. Apparently, someone was trying to woo her in that world without her permission. She is not just facing humiliation for what she has NOT done but also being violated in a extremely degrading manner.


    Worst thing she tried to speak about it just to her friends, very coincidently she was going to get hit by a black SUV - Mercedes, and she had a very narrow escape. 


    Tell me now, which purity is killing whom? Is it a crime to stay pure or believe in purity?

  • Who is victimized by hyper-surveillance governance?
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    A dramatic but true story of my friend:


    Power and money rules, whichever party, whichever country. Powerful people know to twist the arms of the people to get their work done- holds good for federal illegal wiretapping to incorporating spying devices at your place, cars, cards or in the neighborhood areas where you stay.


    This is in year 2008. I had a friend of mine who was a student in US, who was victimized in a much horrible fashion. Leave aside illegal wiretap via wireless carrier; there were cameras at her place hidden in the lights in the living room, bathroom, in the bedroom. Not just that her conversations were being heard, but that her all moves were recorded by camera. Then these pictures were taken, modified by computer generated tools, and a mix of real and fake pictures (her face and someone else's nude body etc) were placed on display on a social networking sites, after making a fake profile with her name, pretending as though she is voluntarily displaying her naked pictures. There was also an advertisement placed for ‘Girl friend Experience' under her profile. We heard so many stories floating around about her, none of them true and were apparently meant just to defame her. This friend of mine is not just well qualified from best schools but she is a wonderful person with great heart and far away from the world of prostitution. Apparently, someone was trying to woo her in that world without her permission. She is not just facing humiliation for what she has NOT done but also being violated in a extremely degrading manner.


    Worst thing she tried to speak about it just to her friends, very coincidently she was going to get hit by a black SUV - Mercedes, and she had a very narrow escape. 

  • A Second Chance
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    Unfortunately there is no statistics to subjectivity. Yes we can make all kinds of wonderful stats and present in the presentations. But at the end of the day, there is subjectivity associated with the 'second chance'. It entirely depends on the individual whether he deserves the second chance or not. If the criminal decides not to repeat the crime he committed and changes his course of actions, then bravo you achieved it without punishment of any sort. Are you capable of making society as a whole a better place without punishment of any sort? If answer to the question is 'yes', you don't need prisons at all.


    And it need not be for those who committed a crime for the first time. At any point in time, if someone decides to change for the betterment, he or she should be allowed to do so and accepted by society. It's never too late to change. The real question is what medicine can work? And can the same medicine work for all?

  • How The Cult of Purity Is Killing Girls
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    Also another solution that would definitely work but is extremely difficult to implement is - a complete social reform. When every single human being would start respecting every other human being whether it is a male or a female or a child; when every religion would respect woman of other religion and treat them like their own mothers/sisters, when every grownup treats others' children as their own. Sounds a bit philosophical, easy to evangelize but difficult to put into practice.


     

  • How The Cult of Purity Is Killing Girls
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    I would like to strongly object this statement. There is no cult of purity that is killing any girls. One can have 'n' number of believes about purity or chastity that one can harbor but at the end of the day... it's what you do that defines you. One can very well believe that having s*xual relation with a virgin can cure AIDs, but the same person would rape or kill someone only if he feels that he can get away with it. This generally happens through the political connections or connections to royal families, or connections to law enforcement system.The things should change from roots. Blaming a single criminal targetting a particular country can not lead to any solution.


    I am sure there are people who enjoy having s*x with virgins who don't believe in any such purity/chastity. It is purely because there are no penalties of wrongdoings or the person knows to get a way with the criminal charges.

  • A Second Chance
    Mary commented on the article | over 2 years ago

    This is strange....


    What happened is something like this. I noticed that there is an account on facebook that is created using my friend's first and last name. Initially I thought it was just another user with similar first and last name. My friend on whose behalf this account was created told me that she did not create this account. I communicated with this fake facebook account to add me as a friend. Next thing I noticed is- my email account via which I communicated with this fake facebook profile created using my friend's name; is hacked. And my account was hacked even before the friend request was accepted.


    I came to know this because of Google feature - activity log that gives activity on my email account with time-stamp on it. That's how I realized that my email account which never got hacked before (as per my knowledge) was opened by browser with IP : 204.15.23.171


    I was not aware of any software that can find out this IP. I have a feeling that my friend's account on facebook was created using 204.15.23.171


    So was the question, but I did not understand from following sites how do I tackle this problem?


    http://cryptogon.com/?p=2063


    http://ws.arin.net/whois?queryinput=204.15.23.171


    http://netzome.com/204.15.23.171


    And someone forwarded me with link


    http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/05/facebook.spies/index.html


    I don't understand these are some well-known security agencies that are there to protect us, help us. Is this person who forwarded me with this link trying to say that I should approach these agencies for my safety, am I in any kind of trouble from people who are supposed to protect me? Wow!  


    Can anyone help?


     

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