Britain's first white honour killing
Reply #33 - November 24, 2013, 01:04 AM
See, DA and I have been debating this off and on for a week or so now. He is mostly in your camp, if I understand it correctly. Today he explained to me in terms I understood better, probably because it was on the phone and not in text.
He stated that if it is labeled as honour, it would justify the act and perpetuate the issue.
I am coming at it from the other end, from the crisis worker and law enforcement's point of view, from prevention and prosecution, as deterrents.
If you look at serial killers, however, if that is an apt comparison (I am not sure it is), then you would be right. Labeling the crime for what it is, giving it media attention, perpetuates it and creates copy cats. This comparison does not take social pressure into account, though, which is a huge part of the problem, and I have seen firsthand the cultural typical response to honour killings in the news, when viewed by fans of honour culture. It's not very pretty, and reinforces this sick version of "honour", definitely.
So now I am on the fence. Now I can see it both ways, but I still cannot discern which would overhaul the cultural consciousness and create a lasting change.
Don't let Hitler have the street.