Man jailed for 3 years in Egypt for saying that SOME wives are whores

[LJ_Reloaded]

Feminists would love to see this happen in America.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-court-idUSKCN0WE0KI

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced a prominent Facebook user to three years in prison with hard labor after he asserted on television that many married women in the conservative country were unfaithful.

Taymour el-Sobky was arrested last month and accused by prosecutors of slandering Egyptian women and damaging their honor. His comments on a popular evening talk show in December caused a furor.

"Thirty percent of Egyptian women are ready for immorality, they just can't find someone to encourage them," said Sobky, whose Facebook page called "Diaries of a Suffering Husband" has more than one million followers.

"These days, it is very normal for women to cheat on their husbands and seek it out ... Many women are involved in extramarital affairs while their husbands are abroad," he claimed.

 

[Sean Renaud]

See, someone who believed in equality would be cheering this. But thanks for reminding us who you really are.

 

[badbabysitter]

so feminists would love people to go to jail.. for encouraging women to be able to choose who they fuck?

 

[MrRandyWatson]

He should have gotten longer. It's borderline slanderous in a country where women perceived as sexually active in any way whatsoever can be murdered with hardly any repercussion. Besides, the infidelity rate of women is pretty much infinitesimal anyway, so the thirty percent statistic is horseshit.

 

[Sanjeet]

But women are whores.


Sanjeet

 

[loquere]

Deleted.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Country is important. Egypt may not be the strictest country as far as Sharia law goes but calling a woman a whore in Egypt is not like calling a woman a whore in the US. I can call Lindsey Lohan whatever the fuck I want and at worst I'll hurt her feelings. In Egypt she could face legal and even physical repercussions.

Basically LJ is saying these women defended themselves against a very real threat to their physical well being and the men are the wronged party here. Because that is what he believes.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

See, someone who believed in equality would be cheering this. But thanks for reminding us who you really are.

A person who believes in equality would be cheering a man being put in prison because he said something potentially offensive?

Thanks for showing us just how anti free speech you are.

 

[nerfhearder]

Probably got jailed for saying some when everyone knows it's all.

 

[Sean Renaud]

A person who believes in equality would be cheering a man being put in prison because he said something potentially offensive?

Thanks for showing us just how anti free speech you are.

Yes. This has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with putting lives in danger.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Yes. This has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with putting lives in danger.

Bullshit. This is 100% about freedom of speech. The man didn't call for any woman to be harmed. Dumbass.

 

[nerfhearder]

Bullshit. This is 100% about freedom of speech. The man didn't call for any woman to be harmed. Dumbass.

Pretty sure Egypt doesn't have the same freedom of speech we do. Just saying.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Bullshit. This is 100% about freedom of speech. The man didn't call for any woman to be harmed. Dumbass.

He may not have meant to (though that is difficult to believe) he did however paint an enormous target on their asses that could very easily lead to them being killed. And you have zero problem with that.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

He may not have meant to (though that is difficult to believe) he did however paint an enormous target on their asses that could very easily lead to them being killed. And you have zero problem with that.

I have a problem with your gross overexaggerations of the situation.

Your problem here is you like seeing men put in prison over words that offend women's feels.

 

[Sean Renaud]

It's not offending a woman's feels. It's putting her life in danger. This isn't some American woman being slut shamed. This is a woman in a Muslim majority country being called a whore. Her own father killing her is not impossible.

Your problem is that you care so little about the safety of women that given a clear choice between a man being compelled to hold his tongue and a woman perhaps dying horrifically that you not only think the man should speak his mind but take the time out of your day to boast about it.

 

[nerfhearder]

Probably got jailed for saying some when everyone knows it's all.

That was pretty funny, Nerf.

 

[nerfhearder]

That was pretty funny, Nerf.

Thanks, dude.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

It's not offending a woman's feels. It's putting her life in danger. This isn't some American woman being slut shamed. This is a woman in a Muslim majority country being called a whore. Her own father killing her is not impossible.

Your problem is that you care so little about the safety of women that given a clear choice between a man being compelled to hold his tongue and a woman perhaps dying horrifically that you not only think the man should speak his mind but take the time out of your day to boast about it.

This man did not call for women to be harmed. All he did was state a fact, that some married women cheat. This is a fact. And in your sick and twisted universe, facts kill women.

But in reality this isn't about protecting women for you - it's about silencing men. You advocate tyranny. All tyrants use the kind of fearmongering you resort to here, to build dictatorships.

Wear your hammer and sickle shirt with pride, Komrad.

 

[Sean Renaud]

He doesn't have to call for them to be harmed. He knows where he is.

Oh cool I get a red shirt and can be your comrade? When did you go hardcore Republican? I thought you had standards.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

He doesn't have to call for them to be harmed. He knows where he is.

All he did was state facts. That's not the same as calling for women to be harmed. If your argument boils down to stating facts is harmful to women then you're even more insane than you already appeared to be.

Hint: if stating facts gets women killed then it's not stating the facts that's the problem - it's the fucking criminals who are killing women who are the problem. Putting people in jail for stating facts doesn't save women's lives.

But then a fascist like you knows that. Your agenda is about silencing men and denying them free speech rights because in your zero sum universe a man should not have any rights at all. How Republican of you.

 

[hashtag45]

He may not have meant to (though that is difficult to believe) he did however paint an enormous target on their asses that could very easily lead to them being killed. And you have zero problem with that.

Doesn't make sense to someone with our mentality. But if we were to put ourselves in their shoes & grasp their own mentality, good point

 

[Sean Renaud]

^^^^ Exactly. It's not that men shouldn't be able to say what they like it's that actions have consequences.

All he did was state facts. That's not the same as calling for women to be harmed. If your argument boils down to stating facts is harmful to women then you're even more insane than you already appeared to be.

Hint: if stating facts gets women killed then it's not stating the facts that's the problem - it's the fucking criminals who are killing women who are the problem. Putting people in jail for stating facts doesn't save women's lives.

But then a fascist like you knows that. Your agenda is about silencing men and denying them free speech rights because in your zero sum universe a man should not have any rights at all. How Republican of you.

It's exactly the same as calling for women to be harmed and it's got zero to do with facts.

In Egypt they might not even be considered criminals for responding to the facts that got the women killed. At the very least it's plausible the community wouldn't turn them in.

I'm the fascist while you're sacrificing lives? Fair enough. Better that than a murderer.

 

[Beco]

All Arab countries are fucked up places....

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

^^^^ Exactly. It's not that men shouldn't be able to say what they like it's that actions have consequences.



It's exactly the same as calling for women to be harmed and it's got zero to do with facts.

The statement he made was true, therefore it is factual. It's not the same as calling for women to be killed.

In Egypt they might not even be considered criminals for responding to the facts that got the women killed. At the very least it's plausible the community wouldn't turn them in.

I'm the fascist while you're sacrificing lives? Fair enough. Better that than a murderer.

Words are not murder.

Why not just imprison all men in Egypt - that would save women's lives, too. Better to be a fascist than a murderer, right? Not that being a fascist has ever led to murder, of course.

Oh wait, I'm giving you ideas.

 

[Sean Renaud]

His words being true hold no bearing on the danger it puts women in.

Words still have consequences in the real world. And not all the men in Egypt called women whores or have killed. Besides we can't do anything until they break the law.

I'm okay with being a fascist for you. Just like you're okay with sacrificing women so you can feel better.