CNN Showing Kurdish Teen Girl being Stoned to Death

[Sukie1941]

On CNN Headline News:

This is the real thing, folks, with someone recording it all on a cell phone.

Seems she fell in love with a Sunni guy. Not sure what happened to him, probably nothing.

Apparently the perps are being rounded up, but I doubt much will come of it.

So we are in Iraq/Afghanistan to "save" these people's way of life?

Geez.

[Totally Committed]

1. CNN: "If it bleeds, it leads..."

Real journalism at its finest. :sarcasm:

TC

[Sukie1941]

3. Nothing wrong with the truth

What is wrong with the media showing the truth? I want that kind of journalism. I want to see things as they really are.

[iconocrastic]

12. Religious fanatics will stop at nothing

Home or abroad.

[tblue]

2. Oh how ghastly. And WE are helping bring Sharia law to all of Iraq. Heckuva a job there, *.

That poor, poor girl.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. This isn't about Sharia law

the girl wasn't muslim.

[tblue]

14. Well, the net result is the same, and that's what we're enabling in Iraq

[Catchawave]

4. I had to turn it off.....

The segment I saw insisted on showing the entire death scene....it.just.wouldn't.end.

[Gman]

5. They also showed the 90 year old guy getting punched 6 or 7 times

each time they talked about the story which was about every 10 minutes the other morning.

[spindrifter]

6. This is much more complicated

than it appears. The people are Yizidi, a syncretic religion that draws on many other religions. They are very secretive and don't believe in letting others observe them pray. You are not supposed to marry outside the religion, either. One unusual aspect of their lifestyle: they don't approve of eating lettuce.

[The Gunslinger]

8. Those kind of video make the masses hate those muslems

and stir the war frenzy, therefore are allowed..

The Caskets of American soldiers however create anti war feelings to the masses, therefore they are not allowed on TV.

That crazy liberal media.

[Sukie1941]

9. What are you talking about?

The bottom line and all I am interested in is the brutality shown a young woman concerning her life.

What else is there to say?

I am beginning to wonder about the DU mentality.

[uppityperson]

11. Um, this was 1 poster, not "DU mentality".

DU is a broad tent and gathers disruptors also.

I think the poster is trying to say (my interpretation) is that releasing videos like this is intended to stir up anti-muslim feelings. It doesn't matter to many is the people are Muslim or not, but intent of release is to stir up "see, this is why we are occupying iraq those dirty (bigoted name) people". Sometimes people miss :sarcasm: smiley, esp when you see "crazy librul media".

[The Gunslinger]

13. Yep that was all I was saying.

[tblue]

15. I understand what you were saying.

And what percentage of the American viewership knows the difference? And does it matter?

[MonkeyFunk]

10. sigh

the people involved weren't Muslim.