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On Tuesday, a talk entitled Honour killings are morally justified was pulled from this years Festival of Dangerous Ideas event in Sydney. The outrage on social media was overwhelming as people reacted strongly to what seemed to have been a defense of the brutal and devastating phenomenon of honour killings. But what does this censorship and lack of discussion achieve? What does it mean in regards to our moral growth and awareness as a society, to close our eyes to a line of reasoning that we strongly wish to stand against? Read ThinkKind founder and director Valerie Wangnets piece published in The Age this morning: theage.au/comment/honour-killing-talk-we-should-be-allowed-to-hear-it-20140625-zsl98.html
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:44:49 +0000

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