GETTING TO THE ROOT
NPR October 30, 2009 from KQED
Details of Saturday's two-hour assault in Richmond, Calif., shocked even the most seasoned police officers. Richmond police say as many as 10 people may have participated in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in this northern California city, while a dozen or more watched without calling police.
No doubt you have heard this disturbing news. But ask some provocative questions. Would you still be upset if the sex was consensual? Would you agonize if the victim had gotten drunk but not raped and her drinking had not come under the spotlight? Would you worry if she had safely partyed with friends instead of doing what she was honestly supposed to do, that is go straight home? If your answer is that you are not upset, agonized or worried about the other scenarios then you are not getting to the root of the problem.
Rape, like all crimes, is simply a manifestation of absent psychological boundaries. You cannot effectively deal with it by simply providing more physical security. Instead we must teach kids (and adults) about the dangers of irresponsible sex and not glamorize it on TV and in the movies. Alcohol intoxication, that unfortunate setup for crime, can only be prevented by prosecuting alcohol pushers, those nefarious characters who supply alcohol to millions of teens each day. Teenagers need to learn that self-honesty is not a moral speech; instead it what keeps them on the straight path and saves their lives.
All what I have just said is simply commonsense. But to put it into practice, we need to build the Self so that it can assert itself and help others find and walk the path of commonsense. I wrote The Provocative Qur'an to help you recognize the roots of crime; isn't it time for you to start the Self-building tradition for yourself and your loved ones?
Details of Saturday's two-hour assault in Richmond, Calif., shocked even the most seasoned police officers. Richmond police say as many as 10 people may have participated in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in this northern California city, while a dozen or more watched without calling police.
No doubt you have heard this disturbing news. But ask some provocative questions. Would you still be upset if the sex was consensual? Would you agonize if the victim had gotten drunk but not raped and her drinking had not come under the spotlight? Would you worry if she had safely partyed with friends instead of doing what she was honestly supposed to do, that is go straight home? If your answer is that you are not upset, agonized or worried about the other scenarios then you are not getting to the root of the problem.
Rape, like all crimes, is simply a manifestation of absent psychological boundaries. You cannot effectively deal with it by simply providing more physical security. Instead we must teach kids (and adults) about the dangers of irresponsible sex and not glamorize it on TV and in the movies. Alcohol intoxication, that unfortunate setup for crime, can only be prevented by prosecuting alcohol pushers, those nefarious characters who supply alcohol to millions of teens each day. Teenagers need to learn that self-honesty is not a moral speech; instead it what keeps them on the straight path and saves their lives.
All what I have just said is simply commonsense. But to put it into practice, we need to build the Self so that it can assert itself and help others find and walk the path of commonsense. I wrote The Provocative Qur'an to help you recognize the roots of crime; isn't it time for you to start the Self-building tradition for yourself and your loved ones?
Posted by Farooq Husayn at 10/30/2009 3:49 PM 
Categories: CRIME PREVENTION
Tags: Quran Self-building koran crimes rape
Categories: CRIME PREVENTION
Tags: Quran Self-building koran crimes rape
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