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Tragic Ending: Indian Gang-Rape Victim Dies in Hospital

Dec. 28, 2012 7:11pm Jason Howerton

Hospital staff carry the body of the Indian gang-rape victim to the police morgue vehicle at the Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on December 29, 2012. The 23-year-old woman died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said, in a case that sparked widespread street protests over violence against women. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

SINGAPORE (AP) — A young Indian woman who was gang-raped and severely beaten on a bus died Saturday at a Singapore hospital, after her horrific ordeal galvanized Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence that impacts thousands of them every day.

She “passed away peacefully” with her family and officials of the Indian embassy by her side,” said Dr. Kevin Loh, the chief executive of Mount Elizabeth hospital where she had been treated since Thursday. “The Mount Elizabeth Hospital team of doctors, nurses and staff join her family in mourning her loss,” he said in a statement.

He said the woman had remained in an extremely critical condition since Thursday when she was flown to Singapore from India. “Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in Mount Elizabeth Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued to deteriorate over these two days. She had suffered from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain. She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome.”

The woman and a male friend, who have not been identified, were traveling in a public bus in the Indian capital, New Delhi, after watching a film on the evening of Dec. 16 when they were attacked by six men who raped her. They also beat the couple and inserted an iron rod into her body resulting in severe organ damage. Both of them were then stripped and thrown off the bus, according to police.

Indian police have arrested six people in connection with the attack, which left the victim with severe internal injuries, a lung infection and brain damage. She also suffered from a heart attack while in hospital in India.

Indian High Commissioner, or ambassador, T.C.A. Raghanvan told reporters that the scale of the injuries she suffered was “very grave” and in the end it “proved too much.

He said arrangements are being made to take her body back to India.

The frightening nature of the crime shocked Indians, who have come out in their thousands for almost daily demonstrations, demanding stronger protection for women and death penalty for rape, which is now punishable by a maximum life imprisonment. Women face daily harassment across India, ranging from catcalls on the streets, groping and touching in public transport to rape.

But the tragedy has forced India to confront the reality that sexually assaulted women are often blamed for the crime, which forces them to keep quiet and not report it to authorities for fear of exposing their families to ridicule. Also, police often refuse to accept complaints from those who are courageous enough to report the rapes and the rare prosecutions that reach courts drag on for years.

After 10 days at a New Delhi hospital, the victim was brought to the Mount Elizabeth hospital, which specializes in multi-organ transplant. But by late Friday, the young woman’s condition had “taken a turn for the worse” and her vital signs had deteriorated. It was clear then that she would not survive long.

A police morgue vehicle is parked in front of the Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on December 29, 2012, to retrieve the dead body of the Indian gang-rape victim. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

India’s high commissioner to Singapore T.C.A Raghavan (2ndL) walks along the corridor to speak to journalists at the Mount Elizabeth hospital after the announcement of the death of the Indian gang-rape victim, in Singapore on December 29, 2012. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Hospital staff carry the body of the Indian gang-rape victim to the police morgue vehicle at the Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on December 29, 2012. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Indian attitudes toward rape are so entrenched that even politicians and opinion makers have often suggested that women should not go out at night or wear clothes that might be seen provocative.

Other politicians have come under fire for comments insulting the protesters and diminishing the crime.

On Friday, Abhijit Mukherjee, a national lawmaker and the son of India’s president, apologized for calling the protesters “highly dented and painted” women, who go from discos to demonstrations.

“I tender my unconditional apology to all the people whose sentiments got hurt,” he told NDTV news.

Separately, authorities in Punjab took action Thursday when an 18-year-old woman killed herself by drinking poison a month after she told police she was gang-raped.

State authorities suspended one police officer and fired two others on accusations they delayed investigating and taking action in the case. The three accused in the rape were only arrested Thursday night, a month after the crime was reported.

“This is a very sensitive crime, I have taken it very seriously,” said Paramjit Singh Gill, a top police officer in the city of Patiala.

The Press Trust of India reported that the woman was raped Nov. 13 and reported the attack to police Nov. 27. But police harassed the girl, asked her embarrassing questions and took no action against the accused, PTI reported, citing police sources.

Authorities in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh also suspended a police officer on accusations he refused to register a rape complaint from a woman who said she had been attacked by a driver.

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loneindividual
Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:54am
Weapons (Including Guns) = The Great Equalizer

I will cry for this woman and her family. I will also cry for the men that did this.

Behold the Spirit of Domination!

Theft, Abuse, Rape, & Murder.

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- db321
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 1:41am
  I wonder what God meant in the Bible when he said that he would remove Lawlessness from the Earth.
  
  America kicked God out of our Schools, We stopped people from open prayer, We threw out the 10 commandments, and yet we are suppose to expect that God will still protect us. The Bible says each crime we witness will will progressively grow to be 10 times worst than the last until everyone on earth is on their knees asking for God Mercy.
  
  Shame on America, we kicked God out and it left a void that Satan has gladly filled.
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:23am
  You both nailed it. Bullseye. And American women don’t seem comfortable even discussing this story. Heartbreaking.
  
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- Uranium Wedge
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 11:00am
  db321
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 1:41am
  Satan does not do this; We do.
  
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- kookoolarue
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 2:33pm
  DB321: Are you suggesting that India kicked Jesus out of schools? Or that our correct application of the US Constitution somehow influenced this horrific Indian crime? What exactly is your point?
  
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TASS50
Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:53am
this is such a tragic, women over there need to start arming themselves, learn some karate, carry a taser or something. These monsters need to be rounded up thrown in a tank of sharks. Glad this is getting world attention finally maybe them dogs will change over there since they do got our computer jobs.

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- sligresda
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 9:38pm
  I dont know how a women could defend herself against a gang of men with just a taser or karate.
  
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missdagnytaggart
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:58pm
This, my friends is the real war on women!

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- Frederick_Douglass_Republican
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:10am
  Sorry but according to the pillars of knowledge in the media only in America is there a war on women and it is only at the hands of Republican politicians and in general, white men.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 3:07am
  Tell it to Todd Akin
  
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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 11:45am
  Oh it’s happening here in America alright, Islamic Honor Killings in the USA but no one (especially the media) will talk about it. Honor Killings in the West:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMcWjaMXwo
  
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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:07pm
  @Charles116: Yes the National Organization for Women (NOW) was ALL OVER the Todd Akin thing… but they remain silent every day about the mistreatment and abuse of Islamic women here in the USA and all over the world. And I would guess.. that YOU TOO will remain silent about this, having nothing of value to say in any post you make.
  Go ahead, tell me Honor Killings are “ok”. One day Islam may come knocking at YOUR door, and what will you do then? You act as if you “fight” for women’s rights but all you really are… is a shill for the MAN in the White House.
  
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AmericanBorn
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:25pm
Morons… “she passed peacefully?” This beautiful soul was tormented be evil men and further discarded by her society as a whole. And yet the U.N. wants to sanction the U.S. for human rights violations. Hypocrites!! My God has a special plan for these pigs and the society that allows abuse.

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- Frederick_Douglass_Republican
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:07am
  Yes the doctor -Doctor Moron- was quoted as saying “she passed away peacefully”. She knows peace now but her passing was anything but peaceful.
  
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charles116
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:14pm
Todd Akins put out a statement saying she ‘asked’ for it, and we must do tests to see if an egg was fertilized, to be protected!

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- nclady
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 7:22am
  What a classless, uncaring comment! You show a total absence of compassion.
  
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- infidelsaplenty
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 8:18am
  “Todd Akins put out a statement saying she ‘asked’ for it, and we must do tests to see if an egg was fertilized, to be protected!” – Charles116
  
  I’ve seen some classless trolling here, but this comment crosses boundaries that I thought even clueless liberals wouldn’t cross. The people who caterwauled for civility in public discourse after the Gabby Giffords shooting don’t seem to know what it is.
  
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- ScratInTheHat
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:17am
  I’ll say it again! The Lib hypocrites love doing what they chide everyone else for and never see themselves as hypocrites.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 2:36pm
  What do you expect from a mental retarded Liberal. This is what they do. They put blame on everyone else but the actual perps. Remember how they tried to cover up those rapes during OWS. They did not want to report it to the “pigs”. Liberals approve of rape. It is men’s right to get sex from a women whenever they wish. Do you really think they are upset when a woman gets raped? NO Liberals only verbally express outrage for political purposes.
  
  Like I said, we need to ban men, not guns. They contribute to 99.5% of all the crime in the world.
  
  Men who dismiss rape as a crime and blame a women for how she may be dressed is just admitting he is weak and can’t keep his penis in check. He is the uncontrollable one, not her.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 2:38pm
  99% of all rapes are performed by Liberals. Should we be leery of you?
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Ye olde ‘attack the messenger’.
  How about attacking Todd Akin and the other Republicans who think a rapist’s semen
  is worth more than an assault victim.
  
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- Proud Stray Dog
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 5:56pm
  @Charles
  
  I’ll quote R. Lee Ermey in “Full Metal Jacket”…….
  
  “What’s your problem? I know what your problem is. The best part of you ran down the inside of your momma’s leg, that’s your problem.”
  
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teacherbil
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:45pm
“She ‘passed away peacefully’”

HUH?!!! Feckingidiots!

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1ChristianPatriot
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:23pm
So sad for this young woman and her family. I am glad this story is in the public eye. Hopefully the news will stay on it to do some good for a change. Maybe this will save other women from this horrible madness of hell this woman endured.

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neverending
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:51pm
Have far more respect for animals then these pieces of dirt. Amazed she even lived at all. Everyone involved in such a heinous act needs to receive like treatment. I can’t even begin to imagine how anyone can even think about such behavior let alone do it.

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toto
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:46pm
Castration is the ONLY appropriate penalty, along with incarceration. Castration is the ONLY penalty that would make ignorant males take notice. Make it a ceremony in the public square. The reduction in assaults would happen overnight.

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- redrubberball
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:24am
  As a male, I agree totally!
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 2:52pm
  Frankly, I believe the punishment should be up to the victim. Let her or in this case the family decide the fate of the rapist. Frankly, I’d like to see them publicly drawn and quartered. It worked in colonial times, why not now.
  
  Libs, of course, would claim it is too brutal. Thus they see rape as inconsequential occurance. Remember, Bill Clinton? Ted Kennedy? JFK, Robert F Kennedy plus many others – all cheaters – sex is their right, whether consensual or not.
  
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- jhoucek
  Posted on December 31, 2012 at 12:26am
  Rape is not about Sex. If someone wants to rape someone and cannot do it themselves, they just use something else, like they did in this case. I say death penalty for rapists. I do not believe rapists can be rehabilitated. They are sick in the head and as sad as it is that they are how they are, I would rather the death penalty (humane) then hundreds of thousands of innocent victims, some who pass on too young, and some who have to live with it forever. Neither is worth trying to save one deviant.
  
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Thornyrose13
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:03pm
Life imprisonment is an appropriate, if sometimes harsh punishment for rape. but what these animals did was not rape. It was torture and murder, and as such they deserve the death penalty. This is another case of justifying eugenics. Such creatures should be removed from the gene pool. by death or removal of their ability to procreate. And yes, I know the problem with eugenics. Defining what is “good” or “progress”, and determining who or what gets to set the standards. Which is why I oppose eugenics. Meantime, many more women will suffer and die because certain cultures teach men such behavior is appropriate, or at least not their fault.

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VanceUppercut
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:01pm
Some of the first thoughts of an average blazer upon reading this story:
1) So, were they Cherokee or Comanche?
2) Damn Arabs!
3) I bet this is a setup by the unions!
4) This is what’s gonna happen in America now that Obama got re-elected. America is over!!!

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:47pm
  You are disgusting.
  
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- 3-Blue
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:04pm
  One of my first thoughts after reading your post is that you are a piece of excrement.
  
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- Fellow_Citizen
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:31pm
  It is a shame that your parents did not exercise their right to a free abortion.
  
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- Brerr Rabbit
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:34pm
  This is such a tragedy, your cold, callous comment leaves one to ponder if you were one of the six.
  
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- missdagnytaggart
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:55pm
  Yah I forgot about the part of the story where the Teamsters attacked her
  
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- Desertcatn
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 11:25am
  No, first it was a feeling incredible sadness for this tragic victim of deranged fiends and second, it was “I’m sure that moron Vance will have something vile to say about this”.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 2:45pm
  Another Liberal exercising his mental retardness. What do you expect. Vance is the type of child who had uncaring parents who did not teach him civility or empathy. My guess he is borderline, if not already, a sociopath. Maybe even a psychopath.
  
  My apologies to all those who have true challenges and do not act like imbeciles.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on December 31, 2012 at 12:30pm
  Freedom of speech permits Americans to say something that offends another. Vance is just exercizing his right.
  
  Now I am exercizing mine. Vance, you don’t have the sense God gave a stone.
  
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blue_rain
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:00pm
Rape is a horrific crime, this is rape and murder. These men should be punished in the same manner and made into examples for the next person who tries such a crime. Women in India stand up for your rights; keep standing up until something is done! Never give up the fight! This story is beyond sad.

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vonMises
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:50pm
I’m willing to bet that she is Dalit (Untouchable Caste) and so were most if not all of the protesters. Although India has officially renounced the Caste system, it is still very much in force. Almost no non-Dalit women are raped in India because the police would actually investigate and arrest the perps.

If she had not died in such a public way, nothing would have been said about it.

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:24pm
All of the men involved should get the death penalty.
Hope it’s slow and painful, just like the victim’s death.

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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:08pm
Memorial for some of the THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN VICTIMS of illegal aliens (who prance around American neighborhoods with COMPLETE IMMUNITY):
http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp
Seems some deaths are a little more newsworthy than others… and some are swept under the republican/democrat (same thing) rug… if they get in the way of privileged special interest “outreach.”

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chips1
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:59pm
Their politicians seem to be the same as ours. Throw in an appology once in awhile and everything is okie dokie. Well, that crap doesn’t get it anymore.

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FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:46pm
Animals do not do this to each other! Too much disrespect for women all over the world, yes, even in America! Liberals here always look the other way as well. I am profoundly saddened for this young woman, her family, friends, and society at large. Died peacefully my ever growing ****! The last thing this woman remembers is what these “things” were doing to her. How is that peaceful? May God help us all!! I can’t imagine this happening to anyone!!

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- QuincySmith
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
  FloridaFarmGirl;
  
  “Animals do not do this to each other! Too much disrespect for women all over the world, yes, even in America! Liberals here always look the other way as well. I am profoundly saddened for this young woman, her family, friends, and society at large. Died peacefully my ever growing ****! The last thing this woman remembers is what these “things” were doing to her. How is that peaceful? May God help us all!! I can’t imagine this happening to anyone!!” ~~~ I agree with most of your post (I’m not sure it happens here as much as you profess), and your reference to a growing anatomical region made me laugh, but I cannot confirm its validity.
  
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- Dagnabbit5
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:00am
  Not much of a farm girl. Some animals do rape females of their species. Ducks and Geese might be some you would have seen. Dogs and cats have been known to. Dolphins have been known to as well.
  
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ZAP
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:41pm
A pack of wild dogs has more scruples then these stone age animals

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gyro
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:32pm
No more posts for me this is upsetting
Poof

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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:12pm
  It is very horrible and sad. :(
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:25pm
What religion do these rapists follow?

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:29pm
  Islam from what I have heard.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:30pm
  guess
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:35pm
  For the most part, Indians follow Hinduism, and their fake (thank you, Brits) counter-parts, the Pakistanis, follow the satanic Muslim cult.
  
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RoDogg
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:21pm
I’m sorry but its ironic that a society that creates these males with no regard for women to turn around and be all upset about it!

It is THEIR society that shuns a women being out late with an un-related male!

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- gyro
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:25pm
  RoDogg so right
  it is built into the culture
  look at usa right now the left is Transforming the culture
  The left uses disrespect to change
  
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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:58pm
  Well it won’t be long before the USofA becomes something very similar. With Progressives in political power centers allowing for the practice of Sharia in communities inside the US like Dearborn etc its like a virus infection it will spread faster than you can diagnose the problem because of “Political Correctness”.
  
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woodyee
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:18pm
The death penalty would be too good for them. Better to turn them over to the families of the victims, no questions asked.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:29pm
  Agreed.
  
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gyro
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:15pm
This story could change a lot of things
Cnn covers it here
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/23/world/asia/india-rape-protests/index.html

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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:14pm
Shame the couple didn’t have a Glock on their person.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:19pm
  no no not the topic == this is in india they have a broken culture
  pay atention USA this happens when a culture is broken
  
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- The_Almighty_Creestof
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:40pm
  Really? I think a couple 9mm hollow point wounds on the “would be” rapists would have kept the couple safe and fixed a few things.
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:08pm
  This is a good example of the type of society that our great Progressive leaders want us to have. Once we are disarmed then the animals can have their way with us.
  
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gyro
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:13pm
The blaze dosnt fallow international news much but is is a big one

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- nomemymine
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:36pm
  Gyro, please do tell us how Indian’s society is not working? Just speaking for myself, I don’t know.
  
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