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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Willravel
That may be true, but that point in time is not yours to determine. Perhaps you'll remember the name Javaid Iqbal. Javaid Iqbal is a Pakastani Muslim arrested after 9/11 on trumped up charges and beaten severely. In 2001. After he was released, he filed a lawsuit to try and bring the guilty parties to justice. He fought in court for 8 years until his case finally reached the Supreme Court, where he lost 4-5. Would you look this man in the face and tell him that he's wrong to seek justice?
They mourn as a part of the process of closure. Believe me when I say that if you've been victimized, it's easier to get closure if the perpetrator has been brought to justice.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
But again, so that we can cut to the chase. You win. You're right.
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But when you're continued to be victimized because the guy next to you who didn't have anything happen to him but the cry for injustice or whatver hair he has up his ass.... well there's no closure there either.
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iraq: Abu Ghraib Victims Speak: August 8, 2004
'Before the publishing of the photographs, I had been keeping my experience to myself,' he said. 'After the publishing of the photographs, my mother came to me and asked me, 'Have they done to you what they have done to them?' I had to say, 'No.' Then, a relative of mine, who was detained with us and who knew of my story there, told my family what he knew, and that they did so-and-so to me.' Now, he said, he doesn't see anyone — not his mother or brothers or sisters-in-law. He's too ashamed."
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You know.. he didn't need to still be in touch with is mother, brothers or in laws... because he got justice and now can heal, never mind he doesn't want to be with his family!
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